Bihar Election 2025: Meet Priti Kinnar, Jan Suraaj's Transgender Candidate From Gopalganj's Bhorey Seat

Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj, the new political entrant in Bihar, has made headlines by nominating Priti Kinnar, a transgender candidate, for the upcoming state assembly

elections. Jan Suraaj released its first list of 51 candidates for the Bihar assembly elections. Jan Suraaj has fielded Priti Kinnar, a transgender candidate, from the Bhorey (Reserved) constituency in Gopalganj district. Priti is likely to face senior Janata Dal (United) leader Sunil Kumar. In the last Assembly elections, this seat was won by the state’s Education Minister and JD(U) leader Sunil Kumar and is likely to be fielded again by the party. Priti is 41-year-old and hails from Sitamarhi district of Bihar, according to local media reports. Currently, she resides in Bhore and has been actively involved in social work since 2008.

Jan Suraaj Releases First List of Candidates

The Jan Suraaj Party on Thursday released its first list of 51 candidates for the Bihar assembly elections. Of the 51 candidates named, 11 belong to backward classes, 17 to extremely backward classes, nine are from minority communities and the rest from the general category, party national president Udai Singh said. The candidates include Bhojpuri singer Ritesh Pandey, former IPS officer RK Mishra and and Jagriti Thakur who is the granddaughter of legendary socialist leader, the late Karpoori Thakur.The prominent nominees include former IPS officer of Bihar cadre RK Mishra (Darbhanga), former Patna University and Nalanda Open University Vice Chancellor K C Sinha, who is known more for his popular books on mathematics (Kumhrar) and Bhojpuri singer Ritesh Ranjan Pandey (Kargahar).A few doctors such as Amit Kumar Das (Muzaffarpur), Shashi Shekhar Sinha (Gopalganj) and Lal Babu Prasad (Dhaka) are also in the list.Other notable candidates include Lata Singh, daughter of former Union minister and Jan Suraaj leader RCP Singh (Asthawa), Jagriti Thakur (Morwa) and lawyer and party leader Y V Giri (Manjhi), Priti Kinnar from the third gender community (Bhorey).

Will PK Contest Bihar Election 2025?

While Jan Suraaj founder, Prashant Kishor, has announced that he will contest the upcoming Bihar state assembly election, however, the constituency is yet to be announced. "We will soon release a list of candidates for other seats. If you find Kishor ji's name on the list, then he will be contesting. It's quite clear. Kishor ji will launch the party's election campaign from Raghopur on October 11," Singh said.The assembly elections in Bihar will be held on November 6 and 11, while the counting of votes will be done on November 14.