PATNA, July 5 -- Ending all speculations, Jan Suraaj Party on Sunday officially announced its founder Prashant Kishor as the party candidate from Bankipur, which will go to the bypoll on July 30.

After the party's core committee meeting, Jan Suraaj state president Manoj Bharti in a press conference announced the unanimous choice of Kishor "in keeping with the desire of the people of Bankipur".

"I thank the senior party leaders for reposing faith in me. For the last four years, Jan Suraaj has been my lifeline and it will remain so at least for the next 10 years until the change in Bihar is achieved. I consider contesting election from Bankipur a step in that direction. There was a strong appreciation for Jan Suraaj's ideology but it ende...