New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Jan Suraaj Party founder and MLA Prashant Kishor took oath as Bankipur MLA on Monday, August 17.

Prashant Kishor defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Neeraj Kumar by around 20,000 votes to win the high-profile Bankipur assembly seat in Bihar.

The celebrated poll strategist created history on his electoral debut when he garnered 64,151 votes, over Kumar, a low-key BJP youth wing leader.

The victory of Kishor, whose fledgling Jan Suraaj Party had failed to open its account in the 2025 assembly election in Bihar, came as a rude shock for the ruling BJP.

Kishor's victory in Bankipur was significant, as the assembly seat had been a BJP stronghold for nearly three decades, since 1995.

The seat was held by B...