New Delhi: Poll consultant-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) seems to be in for a disappointment as it is struggling to make its presence felt in the initial rounds of counting.

The JSP contested 238 of Bihar’s 243 assembly seats. PK maintained all along that his party would either be on “arsh” or “farsh”—either winning 150 seats or drawing a blank. Kishor’s campaign was centred on migrants as he promised that lakhs of those who came home from other states for chhatt would not have to go back for Rs 10,000-12,000 per month if the JSP came to power.

According to early trends, the JSP was trailing in all 238 seats at 11.40 am. Show Full Article

Months after exiting a career in political consulting in 2021, Kishor had launched the Jan Suraaj Padyatra on 2 October

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