Bihar Assembly polls: Jan Suraaj to release its second list of candidates, may end Raghopur suspense

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Jan Suraaj Party Chief Prashant Kishor during the ‘Bihar Badlav Yatra’ up  of the Bihar Legislative Assembly predetermination  astatine  Raghopur successful  Vaishali.

Jan Suraaj Party Chief Prashant Kishor during the ‘Bihar Badlav Yatra’ up of the Bihar Legislative Assembly predetermination astatine Raghopur successful Vaishali. | Photo Credit: ANI

Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party is each acceptable to merchandise its 2nd database of candidates for the Bihar assembly elections connected Monday (October 13, 2025), 4 days aft the enactment declared its archetypal list.

All eyes are connected Raghopur seat, successful Vaishali district, wherever sitting MLA Tejashwi Yadav aims for a hat-trick.

Mr. Kishor, a erstwhile canvass strategist, has been dropping hints that helium mightiness contention the spot himself. The 2nd database is expected to extremity the suspense implicit whether Mr. Kishor would marque his canvass debut from Tejashwi's location turf Raghopur.

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Party leaders are tight-lipped astir whether the candidature for Raghopur volition beryllium declared successful the 2nd database oregon not.

Sources said the enactment whitethorn travel retired with different database of candidates successful a time oregon two. Jan Suraaj Party connected October 9 released its archetypal database of 51 candidates, but did not corroborate whether its laminitis Prashant Kishor would contention the polls.

Prominent names successful the archetypal database included erstwhile IPS serviceman of Bihar cadre, R K Mishra from Darbhanga, salient lawyer and party's elder person Y V Giri from Manjhi seat, erstwhile Patna University and Nalanda Open University Vice Chancellor K C Sinha from Kumhrar, and fashionable Bhojpuri vocalist Ritesh Ranjan Pandey from Kargahar.

It whitethorn beryllium recalled that Kishor deed the run way from Raghopur connected October 11, the location turf of Yadav, whom helium vowed to trounce similar "Rahul Gandhi's decision from Amethi".

The 47-year-old person had received a rousing welcome, with garlands placed astir his cervix to the tunes of drums beaten by enthusiastic supporters, successful the assembly constituency successful Vaishali district, astir 50 km from the authorities superior and situated close crossed the Ganga.

"Your section MLA is specified a large man. He has been a lawman main curate twice. Have you ever approached him with your problems?" helium had remarked quizzically, evoking replies that suggested that they were not capable to get an assemblage with 35-year-old Tejashwi Yadav.

Published - October 13, 2025 10:23 americium IST

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