The Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) led by Prashant Kishor did not create a splash in the Bihar assembly elections despite months of campaign led on the basis of people-centric issues like unemployment, migration, the absence of industries, poor education, and the necessity of the systemic political change. Despite the buzz that was created on social media and the efforts to establish itself as alternative to conventional political forces, the necessary momentum did not change into votes.
JSP had challenged by-elections on four seats a year prior to the position, but it still got a small percentage of votes. In the case of assembly polls, Kishor had been known to make audacious statements when he had at one point had predicted his party to secure more than 150 seats. He changed his position later on and indicated that JSP would either be found at the top or bottom of the table. He even predicted that the JD(U) party would not receive over 25 seats, which proved to be false as the party was topping 83 seats in the 243 seat Assembly.
Prashant Kishor also cited increased voter turnout to younger generation and returning migrants that the outcome would shock everyone. Nevertheless, things turned out to be much worse than he thought.
The analysis by a political analyst Amarnath was that Kishor made the only right decision by quitting the electoral race himself after making so much noise about it. He put it in that, although this was a blow, Kishor had done it with good intentions, and the experience might prove a worthy lesson should he ever want to cut a niche in the Bihar politics.
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