Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:23pm on 03 Aug 2026,Monday Politics
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor secured his party's maiden electoral victory by defeating the BJP in Bihar's prestigious Bankipur Assembly bypoll, ending the saffron party's uninterrupted 30-year dominance in the constituency. Kishor defeated BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha by 19,324 votes, polling 64,151 votes against Sinha's 44,827, while RJD's Rekha Gupta finished a distant third with 14,273 votes. After establishing an early lead during counting, Kishor steadily widened the margin to seal a landmark win in one of the BJP's strongest bastions. Calling it a historic mandate, Kishor said his immediate priority was to honour the trust placed in him by the people of Bankipur. (PC: PTI)
