Bankipur bypoll: BJP engaging Jeevika Didis to mobilise voters, says Prashant Kishor
Kishor said, "The BJP is engaging Jeevika Didis to mobilise voters in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll. We have already raised the issue with the ECI. Our party delegation will also meet the poll panel's observer on Sunday (July 26, 2026).
- ▪Kishor said, "The BJP is engaging Jeevika Didis to mobilise voters in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll.
- ▪We have already raised the issue with the ECI.
- ▪Our party delegation will also meet the poll panel's observer on Sunday (July 26, 2026).
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Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday (July 26, 2026) accused the BJP of engaging Jeevika Didis to mobilise voters for the Bankipur Assembly bypoll and warned of a sit-in outside the poll panel's office if it does not take action in the matter.In Bihar, 'Jeevika Didi' refers to women members of a state government initiative aimed at the social and economic empowerment of rural women through self-help groups. Bihar BJP delegation meets ECI, complains about Prashant Kishor’s expenditure in Bankipur byelectionThe political strategist-turned politician, who is seeking to wrest the BJP bastion vacated by fifth-term MLA Nitin Nabin, demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) declare that no woman associated with Jeevika, or any other semi-government organisation, can…
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