Prashant Kishor to contest Bihar assembly polls, says his name will be in Jan Suraaj Party list

The announcement came hours after Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar declared the poll dates in New Delhi, marking the formal start of Bihar’s election season for all 243 assembly seats.

“The party will declare its list of candidates for the coming assembly polls on October 9, and it will be full of surprises. My name will also be there in the list,” Kishor told reporters in Patna.

The former political strategist, who has advised several major national and regional parties in the past, did not disclose which constituency he would contest from.

“You will come to know on October 9,” he said with a smile.

Confident about his party’s prospects, Kishor claimed that the Jan Suraaj Party will attract voters disillusioned with both the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the INDIA bloc.

“In the last polls, the two alliances together secured 72 per cent of the votes. We will get the remaining 28 per cent who voted for neither, plus 10 per cent each from both sides. That means we expect to get 48 per cent of the total votes,” he said.

Kishor asserted that Jan Suraaj would “decisively damage” the vote share of both established alliances, reshaping Bihar’s political equation.

Taking a sharp dig at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Jan Suraaj leader declared that this election would mark the end of Mr. Kumar’s political tenure.

“I am saying it with full confidence that this will be the last election of Nitish Kumar. He will not celebrate the next Makar Sankranti (in January 2026) at 1 Anne Marg, the official residence of the Chief Minister,” Kishor said.

Kishor said the Bihar elections would mark a “new chapter” in the state’s politics, driven by aspirations for jobs, education, and an end to migration.

“This election will be about the future of Bihar’s children, about migration, unemployment, and a better life. People want change, and they will vote for it,” he said.