India, Nov. 5 -- Socialist leader Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur's granddaughter Jagriti Thakur is contesting in the Bihar Assembly election as a candidate of the Jan Suraj Party (JSP) from Samastipur's Morwa seat.

A doctor by profession, she speaks to HT about what prompted her transition from medical field to politics and how she sees her prospects from an area her grandfather represented decades ago.

What prompted you to switch from the medical field to politics?

It is the desire to complete the unfinished task of my grandfather, who is still remembered with great reverence for his work for the poor and the marginalised that brought me to politics. It is the service to mankind that is the guiding principle in both medical and politics...