Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj Party on Saturday filed a plea in the Supreme Court to postpone by-elections in Bihar which are scheduled to be held on November 13. In the petition filed by Jan Suraj Party, it has cited that due to Chhath Puja in Bihar, there has been a demand to shift the date of by-election from November 13 to 20. The Supreme Court will hear the petition of Jan Suraj Party on Monday November 11.
In the petition, Jan Suraj Party has argued that the dates of elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Kerala were advanced by the Election Commission on the basis of religious events, whereas despite the folk festival like Chhath in Bihar, the dates of by-elections in Bihar were not postponed.