Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea by Prashant Kishor’s party seeking fresh polls in Bihar

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by former political strategist Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj party challenging the conduct of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, Live Law reported.

The petition had alleged that the state government misused a cash transfer scheme ahead of voting to influence voters. It had sought fresh elections in the state.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi on Friday criticised the party for approaching the court after losing the elections.

“How many votes did you get,” Live Law quoted the bench as asking. “Once people reject you, you use the judicial forum to get relief! Somebody should have challenged the scheme itself then. That is not the prayer before us. You just want the election to be declared null and void.”

The National Democratic Alliance had bagged 202 of the state’s 243 Assembly seats on November 14, while the Opposition Mahagathbandhan won 35 seats. The Jan Suraaj had failed to win any seat despite fielding candidates in 238 constituencies.

Ahead of the polls, the state government had on October 3 transferred Rs 10,000 each to the bank accounts of women residents under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana. The scheme aims to support one woman in each family to start a small business.

At the time, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had said...

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