Prashant Kishor enrolled as voter in both Bihar, West Bengal: Report
Patna: Prashant Kishor, poll strategist turned politician whose Jan Suraaj Party is contesting the Bihar Assembly polls, has reportedly had his name enrolled in the voter lists of two states – West Bengal and Bihar.
In West Bengal, Kishor’s address is listed as 121 Kalighat Road, which houses the Trinamool Congress office in Bhabanipur, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s constituency. Kishor had previously served as a political consultant for the TMC during the 2021 Assembly elections in the state. His designated polling station is listed as St Helen School on B Ranishankari Lane, as reported by The Indian Express on Tuesday.
In Bihar, Kishor is registered as a voter in the Sasaram parliamentary constituency, under the Kargahar assembly segment. His polling station is Madhya Vidyalay, Konar, in Rohtas district, which is also his paternal village.
A senior leader of the Jan Suraaj Party quoted by TIE said that Kishor registered as a voter in Bihar after the Bengal polls. The team member added that Kishor has applied to cancel his Bengal voter card, but did not provide details on the status of the application.
Under Section 17 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, “no person shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for more than one constituency.” Section 18 further stipulates that a person cannot be registered more than once in the electoral roll of the same constituency. Once registered, an elector can update or shift their enrolment by submitting Form 8, the Election Commission’s form for changing residence or correcting errors.
The 243-member Bihar Assembly will go to polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with the results set to be announced on November 14.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
