PATNA: Prior to the Bihar assembly elections, renowned former poll strategist Prashant Kishor made two forecasts, one regarding his Jan Suraaj Party and another about the Janata Dal-United, where he previously served as national vice president. His prediction of ‘arsh par ya farsh par’ (either sky high or down to dust) for his own party has, regrettably for him, come to fruition. Meanwhile, JD-U members, including their leader Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, may mock him for his forecast that the party would secure no more than 25 seats.
However, JD-U appears poised to exceed 80 seats, marking its strongest performance since 2010, when the party achieved over 100 seats, while contesting a significantly larger number of seats than the 101 it did this time.