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In a major development, Prashant Kishor, Jan Suraj Party founder, on Monday cleared on his candidature saying that he will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

The announcement comes hours after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule earlier today. Kishor also said that the list of his party candidates will be declared on October 9.

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".

However, the poll strategist-turned-politician did not disclose the name of the constituency from where he will contest. Speaking about his constituency, Kishor said, "You will come to know on October 9".

"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.

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He added that people are saying that JSP will decisively damage both the NDA and the INDIA bloc. Kishor also claimed that JDU supremo Nitish Kumar will no longer be 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.

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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.

(With PTI Inputs)