Equities, mutual funds, and more: How Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor invests his wealth
Jan Suraaj Party founder and now MLA from Bihar’s Bankipur, Prashant Kishor declared a net worth of around ₹198 crore when he filed his nomination for the bypolls that took place on 30 July.
The former election strategist contested and won an election for the first time.
As her his election affidavit, Kishor declared movable family assets worth ₹121,81,43,506 (almost ₹122 crore) and immovable assets worth ₹86,29,00,000 ( ₹86 crore).
His financial portfolio includes investments like fixed deposits, mutual funds, and bonds, He also possesses a dismantled rice mill and his wife has gold weighing 475 grams and silver weighing 200 grams.
Shares and mutual funds
He has 1,985 shares of Bharti Airtel which is around ₹38,11,994
He has 73,243 shares of Indian Overseas Bank worth around ₹25,32,743.
Kishor’s spouse has investments worth ₹1,24,72,270 in mutual funds
His spouse has ₹95.26 crore in shares of a company called Vedhas Ventures Private Limited.
Cash in hand
Kishor himself has ₹65,570 cash in hand while his wife has ₹1,95,200.
Real estate
Prashant Kishor has non-agricultural land worth ₹9,75,00,000 and residential buildings worth ₹76,54,00,000
Kishor’s first association with politics began during Narendra Modi’s campaign in the 212 Gujarat assembly elections.
His breakthrough came in the 2014 general elections, when he was once against involved with the BJP.
He has also helped the JD(U), RJD, Congress in the 2015 Bihar polls. Kishor had also joined the JD(U) in 2018, but got expelled by Nitish Kumar in 2020 following differences between the two.
He has also worked with the YSR Congress in 2019 Andhra elections, AAP in 2020 Delhi election, the TMC in 2021 West Bengal elections, and the DMK in 2021 Tamil Nadu elections.
Kishor formally launched his Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) in 2024 and unsuccessfully contested the Bihar 2026 elections.
