Prashant Kishor Breaks Silence on Bihar Loss | Alleges Vote-Buying & 'Invisible Force'

Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor analyses his party's electoral defeat in the recent Bihar Assembly polls, where it failed to win a single seat. Kishor details three primary reasons for the loss: the state government's unprecedented distribution of ₹10,000 to women voters with a promise of ₹2 lakh, the lingering fear of 'Lalu's Jungle Raj' which consolidated votes for the NDA, and suspected electoral malpractices which he terms an 'invisible force'. Kishor states, 'Never in India's 75-year history has a government bought the votes of crores of poor families for ₹10,000 each… If I am wrong, let the government file a case against me and put me in jail'. He also points to irregularities in the voting process and data, such as the non-release of Form 17C data for days and unusual voting patterns, but admits he lacks concrete proof of manipulation.