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- Prashant Kishor vows to make ‘better option’ for Bihar
- He also slammed the JD(U) leaders for calling them ‘dhandhebaaz’
- Kishor said he doesn’t regret working with Nitish Kumar in the past
Prashant Kishor vs Nitish Kumar: Political strategist Prashant Kishor ruled out the possibility of contesting himself, but reaffirmed his commitment to build a “better alternative” for his home state Bihar.
He also slammed JD(U) leaders for calling him a “dhandhebaaz” (businessman) with little political credentials.
Addressing a press conference in Bettiah district, the political strategist-activist challenged JD(U) leaders to ask Chief Minister Nitish Kumar “why he had kept her at his residence for two years”.
Asked repeatedly whether he himself intends to contest, the I-PAC founder said, “Why would I contest? I have no such aspirations.”
Kishor will take public opinion to start his own political party
He was addressing on the eve of the West Champaran District Conference to be held on Sunday (November 13). In the program, he can also take the opinion of the people whether the ‘Jan Suraj’ campaign should be converted into a political party.
Kishor, who is on a 3,500-km “padyatra” in the state, said similar elections would be held in all the districts of the state, based on which further course of action would be decided.
Kishor claimed that Kumar would once again shower praise on him if he became involved in his “political venture”.
“Since I have prepared an independent curriculum for myself, he and his colleagues are unhappy with me. JD(U) leaders like to reprimand me. They should ask Nitish Kumar what I have been doing at his residence for two years. was if I had no political understanding,” he said.
Haven’t regretted working with Nitish Kumar in the past: Kishor
Responding to a question, Kishor said he did not regret working with Kumar in the past.
Kumar said, “There is a vast difference between who Kumar was 10 years ago and who he is now. Taking moral responsibility for his party’s defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, he left his chair in 2014. ready to make a statement.” Compromise to remain in power,” Kishor said.
Mocking the grand alliance government’s promise of 10 lakh jobs annually, Kishor said, “I have said it many times and I say it again – if they fulfill the promise, I will give up my campaign.
(With inputs from PTI)