India, Aug. 3 -- Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday, August 3, wrested the Bankipur assembly constituency of Bihar, a BJP bastion which the party had never lost since 1995, in a by-poll that was necessitated after its national president Nitin Nabin vacated the seat.

He defeated his nearest BJP rival Neeraj Kumar by a margin of 19,324 votes.

Kishor, a celebrated poll strategist, created history on his electoral debut when he garnered 64,151 votes, over Kumar, a low-key BJP youth wing leader, who was hurriedly fielded by the party after its candidate Abhishek "Bunty" pulled out at the eleventh hour, citing "family reasons.

CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya congratulated the Jan Suraaj Party founde...