‘Big responsibility’: JSP founder Prashant Kishor takes oath as Bankipur MLA after by-poll victory

Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Monday took the oath as a Bihar legislator on Monday following his stunning victory in the Bankipur bypoll on August 3.

Prashant Kishor, who was administered the oath by assembly speaker Prem Kumar in his office, said it was “a big responsibility” for him to work on the lines of “hundreds of MLAs who dedicated the valuable years of their lives to the betterment of society and the state”.

“It is a matter of pride for me to be a member of the state assembly where leaders such as Krishna Sinha, Karpoori Thakur, Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Kedar Pandey, Ram Vilas Paswan, and Sushil Kumar Modi have served,” the 49-year-old election strategist-turned politician said.

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A prestigious urban seat in Patna long regarded as an impregnable BJP fortress, Bankipur had remained with the party since 1995. The constituency has been represented by BJP president Nitin Nabin five times, while his late father, Navin Kishore Prasad Sinha, had won the seat, then known as Patna West, three times (1995 and both the February and October 2005 state elections).