Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor, who heads the Jan Suraaj Party and is contesting the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, has found himself at the centre of a controversy over dual voter registration. Official records show Kishor’s name appearing on voter lists in both West Bengal and Bihar, a violation under the Representation of the People Act, 1950.

Kishor’s team says EC at fault

While Prashant Kishor himself has not issued a public statement, a senior member of his team dismissed the controversy, calling it a clerical oversight on the part of the Election Commission (EC).

“This is the Election Commission’s mistake, not Prashant Kishor’s. He applied for deletion of his Bengal entry after registering in Bihar. If the EC did not act on that, what more could he do?" the

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