Jan Suraj Party leader Prashant Kishor, who is all geared up for the forthcoming Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, has landed in a controversy over allegations that he holds dual voter ID cards — one in West Bengal and the other in Bihar.

Following a news report about this, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued a notice to Kishore to explain his alleged enrollment as a voter in both West Bengal and Bihar within three days.

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Responding to ECI’s notice, the Jan Suraj Party leader clarified that he has been enrolled as a voter from Bihar’s Kargahar Assembly constituency since 2019.

He, however, admitted that he briefly obtained a voter ID card in West Bengal while staying in Kolkata, but asserted that his active registration remains in Kargahar in Bihar. “I am

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