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Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor owns assets worth over ₹96 crore, election affidavit says
Prashant Kishor is seeking to wrest Bankipur in Bihar, the BJP bastion vacated by the party's national president, Nitin Nabin, a couple of months ago.
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who filed his nomination on Monday for the July 30 Bankipur assembly bypoll, owns movable and immovable assets valued at over ₹96 crore, according to his affidavit.
Kishor, who is seeking to wrest the BJP bastion vacated by the party's national president Nitin Nabin a couple of months ago, filed his nomination papers after leading a padyatra here.
In the affidavit filed before the Returning Officer, Kishor declared that he owns movable assets worth ₹22.19 crore and immovable assets to the tune of ₹73.87 crore.
His wife owns movable assets worth ₹89.51 crore and immovable assets of ₹12.42 crore.
According to the affidavit, the poll strategist-turned-politician has ₹65,570 cash in hand, and his wife has ₹1,95,200.
It said Kishor also has a 100 per cent controlling stake in a private firm. The company provided donations worth ₹85 crore to the Jan Suraaj Party and ₹50 lakh to the Jan Suraaj Foundation in 2024-25.
The bypoll to the seat will be held on July 30. The counting of votes is scheduled for August 3.
