I will contest polls, Jan Suraaj Party to name candidates on Oct 9: Prashant Kishor

Patna, Oct 6 (PTI) Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday announced that he would contest the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar and the list of his party's candidates will be declared on October 9.

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.

Talking to reporters here, Kishor said, "The party will declare its list of candidates for the coming assembly polls on October 9 and it will be full of surprises. My name will also be there in the 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 votes of 28 per cent 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.

People are saying that Jan Suraaj Party will decisively damage votes of both NDA and INDIA bloc, he added.

Kishor claimed that JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar will no longer the chief minister after the polls.

"I am saying it with full confidence that this will be the last election of Nitish Kumar. He will not celebrate the next 'Makar Sankranti' (in January 2026) at 1 Anne Marg, the official residence of the Bihar chief minister in the state capital," he said.

This election will write a new chapter in Bihar as people will vote for the bright future of their children, against migration and unemployment, he added. PTI PKD NN