Patna (Bihar) [India], October 1 (ANI): As Jan Suraaj founder and election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor is set to launch a party on October 2 he said that he had no wish to become the leader of the party and the leader would be based on decision of the people who have worked for Jan Suraaj in the past 2 to 2.5 years.
Prashant Kishor said, "Jan Suraaj will emerge as an alternate party. In Bihar in the last 25 to 30 years people have been voting for RJD or BJP. That compulsion should end. The alternate should not belong to any dynastic party but all the people who wish to form the party. After campaigning for 2 to 2.5 years, on October 2 more than 1 crore people are laying the foundation of this party. On October 2 the formal announcement would be done. Its name, constitution and its provisions would be announced. I don't wish to become the leader of the party. Leader would be based on decision of the people who have worked for the past 2 to 2.5 years for Jan Suraaj."
He further said that forming the party, becoming the leader of the party or winning the polls is not the biggest challenge.
Kishore said, "The most important factor is to tell the society is that you have voted till now based on caste, or for 5 kg of foodgrains or religion based politics or voted for children of leaders but till now you have never voted for education or jobs of your children. Vote should be given for the future of their own children. I travel to villages to explain this to people. I would continue raiser awareness."
He said that his focus was to bring a change in lives of people.
"My aim is not to form a party and win polls but vision is to build a Bihar such that people from other states state coming to Bihar for jobs," he said.
He hit out at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and alleged that he has handed over the entire system to 2-4 of his advisors.
"When JD(U) won't even remain, what is the question about his successor? I had been a part of JD(U) and worked with Nitish Kumar. The capital of JD(U) is Nitish Kumar. When capital would end, how would the company run on interest? It won't continue. The party has no future. As far as advisors is concerned, ask anyone in Bihar, and they will say that there is 'jungle raj' of officers. How did this happen?...In the past few years, instead of his MLAs, ministers and workers, Nitish Kumar has handed over the entire system to 2-4 of his advisors. I wish him good health, but people say that he is not very active as far as his physical and mental conditions are concerned. So, his advisors are running everything. They are people who are not answerable to anyone because they are retired officers," Prashant Kishor said on Bihar CM.
He said that Nitish Kumar's advisors are taking decisions on land survey, liquor and smart meters.
Kishor said, "It is clear that the popularity and power of Modi ji and this (NDA) government has decreased. The longevity would depend on the elections in 9 states including Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu in the next 2-2.5 years. If results are against BJP then questions will definitely be raised about the stability of the government. If the BJP performs well in these states, then its power will remain."
He further said that BJP has a lacklustre performancer in Bihar and it has no face and effort.
"BJP's compulsion is that they cannot remove Nitish Kumar from the post of Chief Minister. They also know that they cannot win elections in Bihar with Nitish as the Chief Minister, but they cannot do anything in Bihar as they need the help of Nitish to run the government in Delhi," he said.
On Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, the Jan Suraaj founder said that Rahul Gandh's leadership in Congress is fully established, adding that the Congress leader still has a long way to become a leader of the nation.
"There has been a little improvement in Congress's condition...Rahul Gandhi made efforts in the last 1.5-2 years, and he has benefitted through that too. His leadership in Congress is fully established...But he is now established as the leader of Congress, not that of the country. His grandmother, Indira Gandhi faced the biggest loss of her life in 1977 - I think Congress won 154 seats at that time. This (2024 polls) is being dubbed as the biggest win of Rahul Gandhi's life and Congress has won 99 seats. So, this is the difference. It shows that Rahul Gandhi still has a long way to go in becoming a leader of the nation," he added. (ANI)
