PATNA, Oct. 10 -- From a former vice-chancellor and retired bureaucrats to lawyers, doctors, actors, social activists and local public representatives, the first list for 51 seats of Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) - the first to be announced by any major political party - on Thursday presented a new blend of candidates to give voters a choice different from the usual, but still maintaining the social equation so vital in Bihar. Former Patna University and Nalanda Open University V-C KC Sinha, known more for his series of popular books on mathematics, is party candidate from Kumhrar seat in Patna, while retired IPS officer RK Mishra has been fielded from Darbhanga. Senior advocate YV Giri will fight from Manjhi and Bhojpuri actor Ritesh Pandey from Kargahar seat. There are half a dozen doctors, popular in their respective areas, also in the list. JSP national president Uday Singh said party founder Prashant Kishor's candidature was not yet decided, though he would launch the campaign of the party on October 11 from Raghopur, the sitting seat of RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav. Kishor's move to launch campaign from Raghopur is significant, as he had in the past said that he could fight from anywhere Tejashwi contested from. Singh was accompanied by party general secretary Kishor Kumar Munna, party's state president Manoj Bharti, former Union minister RCP Singh and others. Kishor was not present at the press conference. "The JSP list is clean and has given representation to capable people from all sections of society and the same trend will follow. While 17 seats have gone to extremely backward classes, 11 to backward classes, eight to minorities, besides seven SC and eight to general," said Singh. Uday Singh said the second list would be announced in a day or two and names of all candidates would be out in 4-5 days, as there was little time left. A senior party leader said PK was required for strategising across the state and so confining him on one seat was not seen as wise. Of the 121 seats going to polls in the first phase on November 6, JSP, which claims to have over 1.07 crore members committed to party's three principles - Sahi log, Sahi Soch, Sahi Prayas (right people, right thinking, collective effort) - announced the names of 51 candidates to indicate its early preparedness, while other alliances are still trying to solve the seat sharing puzzle . JSP was founded on October 2, 2024 after 2-yr padyatra by Kishor with the 'school bag' as party symbol, with an aim to providing a viable alternative, breaking Bihar's status quo politics revolving around BJP, JD(U) and the RJD. "How much impact he is able to make on Bihar's electoral landscape with people-centric issues, like unemployment, migration, education and corruption, will be interesting to watch, but he has certainly given enough food for thought to mainstream parties as well as people after a long time to think beyond the stereotypes," said social analyst NK Choudhary....