The Jan Suraaj Party release its second list of 65 candidates for the Bihar assembly elections on Monday (October 13). Party founder Prashant Kishor's name is missing from the list.

He has hinted at contesting from the Raghopura constituency, where Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav is eyeing a hat-trick.

Addressing a press conference, Kishor said that with this, the party has named candidates for a total of 116 seats.

"In the first list, we had announced candidates for 51 seats, and in the second list, we named nominees for 65 seats. Candidates for the remaining seats will be announced later," he said.

Kishor said among the candidates announced so far, 31 belonged to the extremely weaker sections, 21 to Other Backwards Classes, and 21 are Musli

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