India, Oct. 19 -- Is the political climate ripe for strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party (JSP)?

Kishor, who has positioned the JSP as a disruptor in the state's crowded electoral field, promises to improve education and employment in the state and overturn the liquor ban.

On a scorching Thursday afternoon, while half of Sonho - a hamlet in Bihar's Saran district lies asleep, four SUVs zip through its dusty roads. Rahul Kumar Singh, the JSP's candidate for the Amnour seat, arrives with his supporters and soon takes over the narrow lanes to campaign for the upcoming polls.

"We are telling the people that Lalu Prasad had been in power for 15 years, Nitish Kumar is enjoying power for 20 years, but the migration f...