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Jan Suraaj Party laminitis Prashant Kishor was connected Tuesday (October 28, 2025) served a announcement implicit his sanction being reportedly registered arsenic a elector successful his location State of Bihar arsenic good arsenic adjoining West Bengal.
The announcement has been issued by the territory predetermination bureau successful Bihar's Rohtas, wherever Mr. Kishor has been registered arsenic a elector successful Kargahar Assembly segment, directing him to respond wrong 3 days.
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According to authoritative records, Mr. Kishor is enrolled arsenic a elector successful West Bengal astatine 121, Kalighat Road, the code of the Trinamool Congress office successful Kolkata's Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, which is Chief Minister and TMC main Mamata Banerjee's seat, an predetermination authoritative successful West Bengal said.
"His polling presumption is listed arsenic St Helen School connected B. Ranishankari Lane," the authoritative added.
During the 2021 Assembly elections successful West Bengal, Mr. Kishor had worked arsenic a governmental advisor for the TMC.
In lawsuit of a alteration of address, a idiosyncratic indispensable use for inclusion of his sanction successful the caller spot aft filling up Form 8, which is simply a declaration that helium has shifted basal and consents to deletion from the voters' database astatine the earlier spot of residence.
The announcement issued by DEO, Rohtas, has cited a study successful a starring English regular which has pointed retired the anomaly successful the lawsuit of Mr. Kishor.
The announcement points retired that "Section 31 of Representation of People Act" prohibits a idiosyncratic from having his sanction enrolled arsenic a elector astatine much than 1 place, and that usurpation of the proviso was "punishable with imprisonment for 1 year, oregon fine, oregon both".
When asked astir the alleged irregularity, Jan Suraaj Party nationalist spokesperson Kumar Saurabh Singh said, "The onus is connected the Election Commission. It had launched SIR successful Bihar with truthful overmuch of fanfare. So galore names were dropped connected the crushed of deletion. When they tin permission country for a lapse successful lawsuit of a well-known property similar Prashant Kishor, 1 tin ideate the diligence of the EC elsewhere." He, however, evaded a nonstop reply to a pointed query arsenic to whether Mr. Kishor had applied for deletion of his sanction from the voters' database successful West Bengal, anterior to applying for inclusion successful the electoral rotation of Bihar.
"Prashant Kishor is an educated man. He understands his responsibilities well. That helium was stationed successful West Bengal earlier, arsenic a canvass strategist for Mamata Banerjee, is good known. Let the EC attack america if it thinks that determination has been wrongdoing connected our part. Our ineligible squad volition respond," helium added.
Meanwhile, the ruling NDA arsenic good arsenic the Opposition INDIA bloc successful Bihar, wherever Mr. Kishor's foray into electoral authorities has vexed some rival formations, latched connected to the opportunity.
Neeraj Kumar, MLC and spokesperson of JD(U), which is headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, told PTI, "It is amusing that Prashant Kishor, who has each his establishments successful Delhi, and hails from Bihar, chose to get registered arsenic a elector successful West Bengal. Since erstwhile did becoming a canvass strategist necessitate your being a elector successful the authorities you are providing your services?" The JD(U) person added, "We fishy Mr. Kishor had tried to onslaught a woody with Ms. Banerjee, that aft her triumph successful the 2021 polls, she would get him elected to the Rajya Sabha. To go a subordinate of the Upper House successful Parliament helium needed to beryllium a nonmigratory of the State concerned. But the Trinamool Congress main indispensable person snubbed him aft returning arsenic the Chief Minister. So, successful a sulk, helium mightiness person staged the play of retiring from the consultancy business." Notably, aft Ms. Banerjee retained powerfulness successful the past Assembly polls with a thumping majority, Mr. Kishor had announced that helium was hanging his boots arsenic a governmental strategist.
A fewer months later, helium launched a run 'Baat Bihar Ki', which got shelved aft helium was dragged into an Intellectual Property Rights case.
He made a comeback successful 2022, erstwhile helium launched a 3,500-km-long padayatra, naming his run 'Jan Suraaj', which culminated successful the enactment of a enactment past year.
State BJP spokesperson Neeraj Kumar came retired with a powerfully worded statement, accusing Mr. Kishor of "no insignificant oversight, but a heinous crime" and suspected that the Jan Suraaj Party laminitis was progressive "in a vile conspiracy with the ruling TMC successful West Bengal to undermine Bihar elections".
The BJP person urged the Election Commission to motorboat an "immediate and rigorous investigation" against Kishor, whom helium counted arsenic among "political brokers and woody makers who trample upon ideology successful their hunger for power".
RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari said, "The occurrence wholly exposes the farce that the SIR has been successful Bihar, and which is present being carried crossed the country. Several instances of names of leaders belonging to the ruling NDA, registered arsenic voters astatine much than 1 place, person travel to the fore." "Now, Prashant Kishor, whom we fishy of working, clandestinely, for the BJP-led coalition, has joined the list. Let him travel distant with an explanation," helium added.
The EC has acknowledged that duplication of elector entries is simply a recurring contented and cited it arsenic 1 crushed for launching the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls passim the country.
The SIR, which started successful Bihar, was completed with the work of updated rolls connected September 30, resulting successful the removal of astir 68.66 lakh entries, including astir 7 lakh cases of voters registered successful aggregate places.
