India, Aug. 3 -- Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday scripted landmark success on his personal electoral debut, achieving an unassailable lead by the last round of counting in the Bankipur assembly bypoll in Bihar. A win would secure his party's first-ever seat in the state legislature after zero in the assembly elections last year.

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This comes from a constituency that remained a BJP stronghold for over three decades, and was last held multiple times by BJP's new national president Nitin Nabin. The result is likely to bolster strategist-turned-leader Kishor's efforts to position the Jan Suraaj Party as an alternative political force in the state.

PK characterised the bypoll as ...