Prashant Kishor’s political debut in Bihar through the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) has turned into a stunning flop.
The party, launched with the promise of transforming Bihar’s politics, failed to win even a single seat in the recent assembly elections; a result that shocked supporters but oddly aligned with Kishor’s own dramatic prediction.
In multiple interviews, he had claimed his party would win “less than 10 or above 150, nothing in between” in the 243-seat assembly. Reality delivered the lower extreme.
Kishor positioned Jan Suraaj as a clean, people-first movement that aimed to break Bihar’s entrenched caste politics.
His campaign focused on governance reforms, jobs, education, and migration; issues meant to appeal especially to young and urban voters hungry for change.
But the grand

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