Patna: With the Bihar Assembly elections announced for November, the state's traditional bipolar contest between the ruling NDA and the Opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc is facing a new challenge in the face of a political strategist-turned-activist who is trying to be a politician - Prashant Kishor and his political outfit, Jan Suraaj.

This will be a first in decades that Bihar voters will have a somewhat strong third face on almost each of the seats in the election for the 243-member state Assembly.

Kishor, the man who once had an important role in scripting electoral victories for both Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi, is now contesting all 243 seats. The Jan Suraaj chief is trying to frame the election as a moral crusade against Bihar's 'corrupt duopoly' of the last 35 years. The question is

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