In its first and second lists of candidates for the November Bihar Assembly polls, election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) has fielded a candidate each from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) and the Scheduled Caste (SC) groups, respectively, from general seats.

Earlier this year, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief and Union minister Chirag Paswan , who belongs to the Paswan (SC) community, had also suggested that he would contest from an unreserved seat in the Bihar polls. An NDA ally, the LJP(RV) has been allotted 29 seats but it has yet to announce its candidates.

While the SC and ST candidates frequently contest from general seats in both the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections across the country, their chances of victory in these seats have been slim,

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