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Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) faces a setback as Seema Singh’s Madhaura nomination is rejected. Chirag Paswan seeks Election Commission redressal.
Seema Singh, 35, is a popular Bhojpuri actress, Model, and TV presenter. (File)
In a big setback to Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), the nomination of Bhojpuri actress and party’s candidate from Madhaura, Seema Singh, has been rejected by poll body authorities ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections.
Addressing the concern, party president and Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that the LJP (RV) has formally submitted a representation to the Election Commission seeking redressal.
“We have submitted our representation to the Election Commission. I believe this issue has arisen due to a minor oversight, and I am hopeful that it will be resolved in the coming few days,” Paswan said as quoted by news agency IANS.
Patna, Bihar: On the rejection of LJP (RV) candidate Seema Singh’s nomination, Union Minister Chirag Paswan says, “We have submitted our representation to the Election Commission. I believe this issue has arisen due to a minor oversight, and I am hopeful that it will be resolved… pic.twitter.com/9Xr2wx6UEn— IANS (@ians_india) October 18, 2025
According to a Live Hindustan report, the returning officer cancelled her nomination due to discrepancies in her documents.
A total of four nominations, including Seema Singh’s, were rejected due to technical errors found during scrutiny. Along with Singh, the papers of independent candidates Altaf Alam Raju and Vishal Kumar, as well as BSP’s Aditya Kumar, were also dismissed, the report added.
Who Is Seema Singh?
Seema Singh, 35, is a popular Bhojpuri actress, Model, and TV presenter, known as ‘Helen’. Seema Singh married Businessman Saurav Kumar Singh in March 2019. They have a son, Shivaay. Seema Singh joined Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in the presence of Chirag Paswan in 2023.
During her nomination, she submitted detailed information about her educational qualifications and assets. In her affidavit, she declared her educational qualification as having passed ninth grade, the report added.
Bihar Polls 2025
Polling for the Bihar elections 2025 will take place on November 6 and 11. The results will be announced on November 14.
In the seat-sharing arrangement within the NDA, the BJP and JD(U) will be contesting 101 seats each, while the Lok Janshakti Party (headed by Ram Vilas) will contest 29 seats. The Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will contest six seats each.
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
October 18, 2025, 21:18 IST
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