The Jan Suraaj Party, founded by political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor, released its first list of 51 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections on Thursday in Patna. The selection of candidates reflects the party’s attempt to strike a caste balance.

Contesting the Bihar Assembly elections for the first time, the party has placed a major bet on candidates from backward castes. However, Party’s National President Uday Singh said that the party has made an attempt to give representation to every community based on its population.

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Singh said, “This is the first set of 51 names, comprising seven candidates for reserved seats and 44 for general seats. Apart from the seven reserved seats, tickets have been given to 17 candidates from extremely backward

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