'Wake-up call for Modi': Prashant Kishor boasts of Bankipur win; how bypolls played out for BJP
Prashant Kishor defeated BJP's Neeraj Kumar Sinha by 19,324 votes in Bankipur, securing 64,151 votes to Sinha's 44,827.
Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) won its first electoral seat after failing to win any of 238 seats in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections.
The Bankipur seat was vacated by BJP national president Nitin Nabin, who held it since 2010, making the loss a significant setback for the BJP.
In Madhya Pradesh's Datia, the BJP failed to regain its stronghold from the Congress, while it won the Manjalpur seat in Gujarat.
Kishor framed the win as a wake-up call for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling for better education, jobs, and development in Bihar.
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