Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh, who was recently announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Asansol Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, has announced that he will not be able to contest the upcoming elections. In a message posted on his official Twitter handle, Singh expressed his gratitude to the party's top leadership for trusting him, but cited personal reasons for his decision. Asansol has a significant population of Hindi-speaking voters, and the current sitting Lok Sabha member, Shatrughan Sinha, is also from Bihar like Singh.