Prashant Kishor

A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi questioned both the maintainability and intent of the petition. The Chief Justice remarked, “How many votes did your party get? The people rejected you, and you use this judicial platform to gain publicity?”

The plea alleged misuse of the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana to influence votes, thereby resulting in a violation of the model code of conduct.

In its petition, the party has questioned the implementation of the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, introduced shortly before the polls by the Nitish-led government.

The Jan Suraaj Party failed to open its account in the assembly polls, with most of its candidates losing their deposits.

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Kishor has been critical of the Congress since he parted ways with it almost three years ago. During the recently held Bihar election, Kishor said leader Rahul Gandhi’s vote theft campaign was not an electoral issue in the state.

Additionally, the Jan Suraaj founder also accused the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of distributing money to thousands of women voters in Bihar to manipulate the election outcome.

Kishor vowed that Jan Suraaj would push for the fulfilment of the NDA’s poll promise to women. “Now, we will ensure that women get Rs 2 lakh as promised by the NDA ahead of the polls,” he said.

Jan Suraaj, making its debut in electoral politics, could not win even a single seat.

The NDA, including BJP and JD(U), won 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, dealing a setback to the rival Mahagathbandhan of RJD, Congress and other parties who could muster up just 35 seats.

The BJP too had just two MPs once. When you make a party, such results can come. We did not spread the venom of caste and religion. We will try again, says Kishor chief.

Prashant Kishor accepted responsibility for the party’s disappointing performance but insisted the setback would not force him to retreat from politics.

Kishor had said he would quit politics if Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) won more than 25 seats in Bihar Assembly polls

Taking complete responsibility for the loss in Bihar, the election strategist-turned-politician apologised to the people of the state

Jan Suraaj national president Uday Singh said in a conversation with ANI that founder Prashant Kishor “will continue to be there (in Bihar),” adding that the organisation was not created at the insistence of any other party and would not exit under external pressure either.

Very few political 'startups' have done well since the rise of the regional TDP in 1982 and that too was formed on the popularity of movie star N T Rama Rao.

The former diplomat and renowned author said people decided to "consolidate the existing forces" to stop the return of RJD's "Jungle Raaj," which also harmed the Prashant Kishor's party.

Despite the setback, Singh said the party remained committed to its agenda. "We are not disheartened. We know what is to be done. We will keep working and fulfil the 'Bihar badlav' that we had spoken about."

For Prashant Kishor, who once engineered victories for several national and regional parties, his own electoral experiment has become a sobering lesson in the limits of strategy without structure.

Psephologists say that all studies conducted over elections show that in the past two-and-a-half decades, unemployment figures in the top-three factors, but for voters are not swayed by promises as they look at past undelivered records.