India, Oct. 21 -- Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday hit out at the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for starting a trend of "hijacking and intimidating candidates to pull out of the race". The comments came after three of the JSP candidates withdrew days ahead of the assembly polls in Bihar.

Kishor said that the JSP would not be cowed down by the NDA's pressure and intimidating tactics. He said people should know why Union ministers Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan were seen with his party candidates and under what circumstances they withdrew.

"Earlier, there was a common notion that whoever wins the election, the BJP will form the government. The horse trading practi...