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Prashant Kishor-led party emerged in Bihar politics with the slogan of ‘system change’. Jan Suraaj Party has made the contest very interesting and triangular by announcing the names of all its candidates for the elections to be held on eight seats of the State Legislative Council (MLC Elections). In this election, which was traditionally fought between Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the old equations seem to be breaking down with the entry of Jan Suraj. The way Prashant Kishor has given opportunity to the enlightened and professional faces of the society on these eight seats of graduate and teacher sectors, the established stalwarts of traditional political parties are holding their breath. This election is being seen as a trailer of the upcoming big political scenario of the state.
The eight seats of the Legislative Council for which the electoral battle is going on include four graduates constituencies (Patna, Tirhut, Darbhanga and Kosi) and four teachers constituencies (Patna, Saran, Tirhut and Darbhanga). The biggest specialty of these seats is that here the influence of caste or muscle power does not work directly like in the general elections, but here mainly only educated voters, graduate degree holders and teachers cast their votes. Jan Suraj has expressed confidence in highly educated and socially influential candidates like Dr. Anuj Singh from Patna graduate, Dr. Vimohan Kumar from Tirhut graduate, Dr. Divya Jyoti from Patna teacher and Bhushan Jha from Tirhut teacher area. This is the reason why traditional parties are afraid of losing their old ground.
In this time’s MLC elections, Jan Suraj and Prashant Kishore have kept the basic issues directly related to the public at the center instead of any kind of old and worn out political maneuvers. The entire campaign of the party rests on three major pillars—Quality education, employment for youth and permanent solution to the problems of teachers.. The long pending issues of teachers’ pay scale, honorarium, regularization and improvement in the educational system in Bihar have been raised vigorously by the candidates of Jan Suraj. Along with this, stopping the migration of youth from Bihar and creating employment opportunities at the local level for graduate youth are also included in the main election announcements of Prashant Kishore.
The results of this election will not only decide the future of Jan Suraj’s political career, but will also severely test the credibility of the big leaders of the ruling party and the opposition. The way the ruling JDU-BJP alliance and the opposition RJD have put all their strength into saving these seats, it is clear that they are not taking the growing influence of Jan Suraj lightly. This time, voters also seem to be in a mood to rise above traditional party loyalty and take decisions based on the candidate’s qualifications and issues. Now it will become clear only on the day of election results whether the intelligentsia of Bihar approves of Prashant Kishor’s ‘Jan Suraj’ model or continues to believe in traditional politics.