08 November,2025 11:56 AM IST | Patna | Agencies
Jan Suraaj Party founder and chief Prashanth Kishor during a poll rally in Bihar. Pic/X/@refocus21
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Friday claimed that migrants from Bihar, who returned home for Chhath festivities and have not yet gone back to their places of work, are the "X factor" in the assembly polls.
The former political strategist, whose fledgling party is said to have caught the imagination of "pravasis", according to various surveys and opinion polls, made the claim a day after the first phase of voting registered a record 64.66 per cent turnout.
"The highest voter turnout since Independence confirms what we have always been saying - there is a very strong yearning for change in Bihar where the people have been caught in a political rut for about 30 years," said Kishor.
He claimed that the people now had a glimmer of hope with his one-year-old party emerging as an alternative that was viable.
Berating the NDA, which has been in power since 2005, the Jan Suraaj Party founder said, "These people had thought that they can win by offering some doles to women. Yes, women turned up in large numbers, but it is the migrants who are the X factor in this election". "They stayed back and are encouraging their family members to go out and vote. Their impact is something to watch out for," he asserted.
Claiming that the opposition leaders have "no development" agenda for Bihar, Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday alleged that the RJD-Congress combine did "not do anything for the poor" during their rule in the state, except "patronising infiltrators". Addressing a rally in Jamui, he launched a blistering attack on RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, alleging that "those concerned only about the welfare of their sons and daughters cannot make Bihar developed".
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