Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj releases first list of 51 candidates for Bihar Polls

Prashant Kishor

Two days after the Election Commission announced the poll dates for upcoming Bihar polls, Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party on Thursday released a list of 51 candidates for the assembly polls.

The Assembly elections in Bihar will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, while votes will be counted on November 14, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced in Delhi earlier in the day.

Speaking to the media against the backdrop of the release of the first list, the former poll strategist, however, did not disclose the name of the constituency from where he will contest."You will come to know on October 9," he said. Asked about the winning possibility of Jan Suraaj Party, Kishor claimed that his party would get the votes of 28% voters who neither voted for the NDA nor INDIA bloc.

"In the last polls, the two alliances bagged votes of 72 per cent of voters only. I must clarify that we will get votes of the remaining 28 per cent of the voters. Besides, people say that Jan Suraaj Party will get 10 per cent votes each of both alliances. That means we are expected to get 48 per cent votes of the total electorate in the coming polls," he said.