Patna, Oct 6 (IANS) After the Election Commission announced the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections, Jan Suraaj party founder Prashant Kishor expressed confidence that his party would emerge victorious this time.

Responding to media questions, Kishor laid out his party’s electoral arithmetic.

“Last time, both alliances together received 72 per cent of the votes. The remaining 28 per cent will come to Jan Suraaj this time. As per several surveys, both alliances will lose around 10 per cent of their vote share, which will shift towards us. This means our total vote share will rise to around 48 per cent,” he said confidently.

Referring to critics who called Jan Suraj a ‘vote-cutter’ party, Kishor said, “We take this as a medal. We will cut so many votes from both alliance

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