Kishor, whose Jan Suraaj Party is contesting all 243 seats in November’s Bihar Assembly elections, is registered in the state under the Sasaram parliamentary constituency, in the Kargahar Assembly segment.
His polling booth is reportedly Madhya Vidyalay, Konar, located in Rohtas district, which is his ancestral village, the English daily reported.
In West Bengal, Kishor’s name is registered under the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, with his address shown as 121, Kalighat Road, the headquarters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). Bhabanipur is also West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s constituency.
Kishor, who worked as the TMC’s political consultant during the 2021 Assembly elections, has St Helen School on B Ranishankari Lane listed as his polling station.
In Bhabanipur, local TMC councillor Kajari Banerjee, who is also Mamata Banerjee’s sister-in-law, told The Indian Express that 121 Kalighat Road is the party’s office. “He (Kishor) used to visit and stay in that building during his work with the TMC. I am not sure whether he enrolled (as a voter) from here or not,” she said.
A senior member of Kishor’s team said that he became a voter in Bihar after the Bengal polls. The official said Kishor has applied to cancel his Bengal voter card, though the status of that application is unclear.
Section 17 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, says that no person shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for more than one constituency. Voters who change their residence can shift their enrolment by submitting Form 8, which allows for correction or transfer.
CPI(M) leader Biswajit Sarkar, secretary of the Bhabanipur-2 area committee, said the party previously objected. “We had written to the Election Commission, stating that Kishor is not a resident here and his name should therefore be removed from the voter list,” he said.
Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party is preparing for its electoral debut in Bihar, contesting independently without any coalition. Kishor has confirmed that he will not be contesting the polls.
“Jan Suraaj decided I should concentrate on organisational work and not contest,” he told PTI, adding that “anything less than 150 seats” for the party would be considered a ‘defeat.’
