Jan Suraaj Party is set to release its second list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections today, with speculation around party founder Prashant Kishor's electoral debut from Tejaswi Yadav's stronghold Raghopur expected to end.

The announcement will be made at a press conference scheduled for 2 pm.

The party had unveiled its first list of 51 candidates last week but kept Kishor's name out, triggering curiosity over whether the former poll strategist would contest.

Among the names already declared were Bhojpuri singer Ritesh Pandey, former IPS officer RK Mishra and Jagriti Thakur, granddaughter of socialist icon Karpoori Thakur.

The candidate mix was designed to reflect the party's social outreach : 11 from backward classes, 17 from extremely backward classes, nine from min

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