India, Nov. 14 -- The road that steers a high-profile, much-sought-out political consultant to shepherd a political party at the hustings, is fraught with obstacles. Ask Prashant Kishor.

According to Bihar election counting trends, debutant Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), headed by Kishor, could be drawing a blank in the Bihar assembly elections, where the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to again defeat the Mahagathbandhan of the RJD, Congress and others.

The Jan Suraaj Party, which contested almost all 243 seats in the Bihar assembly elections, portrayed itself as the third alternative in the state's politics, otherwise dominated by the two rival camps. But most exit poll predictions projected Prashant Kishor's party getting fewer th...