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Far-Right BJP Loses Major Local Election in the Indian State of Bihar

HeadlineAug 05, 2026

In India, far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, suffered a major local election loss in the state of Bihar. The seat had been held by the BJP for at least three decades, and it was lost to electoral strategist turned politician Prashant Kishor with the Jan Suraaj, or Good Governance, party. The victory comes amid weeks of youth-led, anti-government street protests of the so-called Cockroach movement that forced the resignation of India’s education minister. Kishor said his win should be a wake-up call for Modi.

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