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Youth anger costly for BJP as Prashant Kishor shatters saffron stronghold in Bankipur, Congress retain Datia

Datia/Bankipur/Manjalpur (Madhya Pradesh/Bihar/Gujarat) [India], August 3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party suffered a blow on Monday, losing the saffron citadel in Bihar’s Bankipur, capitalising on widespread voter disillusionment and nationwide student unrest. In Bihar’s urban bastion of Bankipur–a saffron stronghold since 1995 vacated by BJP National President Nitin Nabin–Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor secured his maiden electoral victory by a resounding 19,324 votes. Simultaneously, in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia, the Congress retained the key seat after defeating the BJP by over 6,000 votes. The BJP’s sole consolation came from Gujarat, where it retained the Manjalpur seat in Vadodara, albeit with

Nitish, Lalu namesakes fail to make mark in Bihar’s Bankipur bypoll; both lose security deposit

Patna, Aug 3 (PTI) Voters in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll found Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar on the EVM, but they were not Bihar’s veteran leaders. Their namesakes, contesting as independents, failed to cross the 150-vote mark and lost their deposits. While the spotlight was on Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor breaching the BJP bastion with 64,151 votes, Independent candidate Lalu Prasad Yadav could garner just 81, a vote share of 0.06 per cent. Another Independent candidate, Nitish Kumar, fared a bit better with 149 votes, which amounted to 0.11 per cent of the total votes polled. Both lost

Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary congratulates Prashant Kishor for victory in Bankipur bypoll

Patna, Aug 3 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary congratulated Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on his victory in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll on Monday. Kishor wrested the Bankipur assembly constituency of Bihar, a BJP bastion which the party had never lost since 1995, in a bypoll that was necessitated after its national president Nitin Nabin vacated the seat. He defeated his nearest BJP rival Neeraj Kumar by a margin of 19,324 votes. Commending Kishor, the chief minister said, “In the grand festival of democracy, the people have chosen Jan Suraaj in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll. I respect the

Lower protein intake could benefit sedentary people: Study

New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) Consuming less protein, especially among those who are relatively sedentary, could have greater health benefits and may extend lifespan, according to a new review. “It’s absolutely crystal clear that there are benefits of protein to muscle growth and exercise response of active individuals,” author Dudley Lamming, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, said. “But because most people are relatively sedentary, many people are likely consuming more protein than they actually need, which probably has negative health consequences,” Lamming said. The study, published in the journal Cell Press Blue, reviewed 350 papers on protein

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