Bihar by-elections remain scheduled for November 13 after the Supreme Court dismissed a plea calling for a delay. The petition had been filed by the newly formed Jan Suraaj Party led by strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor. The Jan Suraaj Party contended that polling dates in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Kerala were advanced by the Election Commission on the basis of religious …
Political strategist-cum-activist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced formation of Jan Suraaj — the campaign under which he was undertaking padayatra across Bihar for the last two years — as a political party and also cited steps under the newly formed party’s constitution to ameliorate the lives of people of Bihar. As a political party, Jan Suraaj would contest in all …