While upper-caste-dominated pockets, including Kadamkuan, indicated consolidated voting for the BJP, Jakkanpur and other areas presented a more mixed response. Prashant Kishor is closing the gap, but he might not be able to breach the BJP fortress.” At Khaitan Market, the voter heard chanting “jai Jan Suraaj, jai Prashant” on his way to the polling booth later noted, “Prashant has dissolved traditional boundaries of caste and religion. “If the election process remains fair and the BJP doesn’t micro-manage every booth, Prashant could surprise everyone,” said Raj Kumar Mehta. A BJP bastionBankipur, an urban Assembly segment in the heart of Patna, has long been regarded as an unassailable bastion for the BJP.