India, Nov. 5 -- The Prashant Kishore-led Jan Suraaj Party was left red-faced on Wednesday when one of its candidates defected to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), just a day ahead of the first phase of polling in the 2025 Bihar assembly election.

Sanjay Singh, the JSP candidate from Bihar's Munger Assembly seat, joined the BJP. The seat will see polls on Thursday, November 6.

After joining the party, Sanjay Singh extended his support to NDA nominee Kumar Pranay, the BJP candidate from the seat. He also heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.

"Bihar has witnessed tremendous growth under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. I am confident that t...