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Prashant Kishor's JSP Announces 5 Candidates for Bihar Legislative Council Polls

The party said it will contest all eight graduates' and teachers' seats as part of its expansion strategy.

  • On Sunday, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor announced candidates for five Bihar Legislative Council constituencies, marking the party's entry into the upcoming MLC elections across graduates' and teachers' seats.
  • Elections are pending for eight total seats comprising four graduates' and four teachers' constituencies with terms expiring in November; the JSP had previously committed to contesting all eight as part of organizational expansion.
  • Afaq Ahmed was fielded from Saran teachers' constituency seeking re-election from the seat he won six years ago, while Divya Jyoti, a lawyer and academician who joined JSP last week, was named for Patna teachers'.
  • Kishor pledged that if JSP candidates win, the party would facilitate 10,000 jobs per graduate constituency and pursue three key demands for teachers including Seventh Pay Commission implementation and regularizing aided institution educators.
  • Candidates for the remaining three constituencies will be announced within the next three to four days as the JSP prepares to finalize its slate for the upcoming MLC polls.
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Times of India broke the news in India on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
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