India's BJP Loses 30-Year-Held Bankipur Seat to Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj

India's ruling BJP lost Bankipur in Patna, Bihar, on 3 August 2026 — a seat held for three decades — to Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party. Kishor won 64,117 votes to the BJP's 44,794. The defeat followed the Cockroach movement's student protests over exam paper leaks, which forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. Kishor called the result a "wake-up call" for Modi.