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Former canvass strategist Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025 and seeking caller polls successful the State.
The substance is apt to travel up for proceeding connected Friday (February 6, 2026) earlier a Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi.
The BJP-led NDA retained powerfulness successful the State, winning 202 of the full 243 seats, portion the INDIA bloc bagged lone 35, including six of the Congress.
The Jan Suraaj Party failed to unfastened its relationship successful the Assembly polls, with astir of its candidates losing their deposits.
In its plea, the enactment has accused the Bihar authorities of violating the Model Code by transferring ₹10,000 each to women nether the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana aft the announcement of canvass schedule.
The petition has sought directions to the canvass sheet to instrumentality enactment nether Article 324 of Constitution (superintendence, absorption and power of the mentation of electoral rolls for, and the behaviour of, each elections) and Section 123 of the Representation of People Act against nonstop transportation of wealth to women voters successful the state.
The Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana provides an archetypal fiscal assistance of ₹10,000 to women to motorboat tiny businesses and beforehand self-employment and women's empowerment successful the State.
