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Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025) alleged that 3 candidates of his Jan Suraaj Party successful the Bihar elections withdrew their nominations nether "pressure" from the BJP.
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Kishor alleged that the ruling NDA was truthful frightened of losing the elections that it was threatening Opposition candidates to retreat from the race.
"Democracy is being murdered. There has been nary specified precedent successful the country," helium alleged, urging the Election Commission to guarantee the information of the candidates.
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The candidates who withdrew from the contention were fielded successful the Danapur, Brahampur, and Gopalganj seats, helium said.
"The BJP is trying to replicate the Surat model, successful which their campaigner got elected unopposed, arsenic each different nominees were coerced to propulsion out. The BJP does not realise that voters had punished it crossed the state for it, and it won conscionable 240 seats, though it had bragged that the tally would beryllium 400-plus successful past year's Lok Sabha polls," helium added.
Mr. Kishor's enactment had announced candidates for each 243 seats successful Bihar. With the withdrawal of 3 candidates from the race, it volition present combat connected 240 seats arsenic the past day for filing of nominations has already passed.
