The Election Commission of India has issued a showcause notice to poll strategist and leader of the Jan Suraaj Party, Prashant Kishor, after finding evidence that his name appears on electoral rolls in both Bihar and West Bengal.

According to the notice issued by the Returning Officer of the Kargahar Assembly Constituency (in Sasaram, Rohtas district, Bihar), Kishor is listed as a voter in Part 367 (Middle School, Konar, North Section) in Kargahar under polling booth number 621, with EPIC (voter ID) number 1013123718.

At the same time, his name allegedly appears in the electoral roll of the Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency in West Bengal, with polling station at St Helen School, B Ranishankari Lane.

Under Section 17 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, a person cannot be enrol

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