Forward of Prashant Kishor’s electoral debut, Jan Suraaj suffers setback as key Bihar leaders be a part of BJP | India Information
2 min learnPatnaJul 15, 2026 11:57 PM IST
Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Get together (JSP) acquired a jolt Wednesday with a few of its key leaders, together with mathematician KC Sinha, becoming a member of the BJP within the presence of the occasion’s state president, Sanjay Saraogi.
BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha is pitted in opposition to Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Rekha Gupta and JSP’s Prashant Kishor within the Bankipur bypoll, scheduled for July 30. The bypoll was necessitated after BJP’s five-time MLA and occasion nationwide president Nitin Nabin was nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
Amongst those that crossed over to the BJP was famend mathematician Okay C Sinha, who unsuccessfully contested final yr’s Bihar Meeting polls because the JSP nominee from the Kumhrar constituency. Different JSP leaders who joined the BJP included Ritesh Ranjan alias Bittu Singh, the occasion’s candidate from Digha, Gopal Singh, its Maner candidate, and Braj Kishore Sinha, JSP’s Kisan Morcha district president.
BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi welcomed the JSP leaders into the occasion and mentioned they’d proven how there was “a nationwide wave of help for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s insurance policies”.
Mathematician KC Sinha mentioned: “Our choice to affix BJP was pushed by nationwide curiosity and a need to contribute in direction of India’s world management”.
The Bankipur bypoll has assumed significance because it marks Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor’s electoral debut in opposition to the BJP in one in every of its strongest city bastions. The BJP has held the seat since 1995.
