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Prashant Kishor Stuns BJP With Bankipur Victory
By Krihaa News Team
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- 1Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor delivered a major political upset by winning the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Bihar, defeating the BJP candidate by over 19,000 votes.
- 2The constituency had remained with the BJP for more than 30 years and was vacated after former MLA Nitin Nabin moved to the Rajya Sabha and later became the party's national president.
- 3Kishor personally contested the by-election after facing criticism for staying out of the Assembly polls.During the campaign, Kishor targeted the BJP over its leadership changes in Bihar, describing the by-election as a referendum on the party's decision to replace Nitish Kumar with Samrat Choudhary as Chief Minister.
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