Patna: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday called the BJP candidate's decision to withdraw his candidature from the Bankipur assembly bypoll in Bihar "unprecedented", and claimed that the saffron party "lacks a candidate of calibre".
Kishor, who is contesting the by-election on his party's ticket, claimed that usually, nominees of BJP's rivals withdraw from electoral contests due to "pressure or fear from the saffron party".
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In an abrupt development, the BJP on Friday named youth wing leader Neeraj Kumar Sinha as its candidate for the bypoll to the Bankipur assembly seat in Patna, after nominee Abhishek Kumar Sinha pulled out citing "family reasons".
