Prashant Kishor launches Jan Suraaj party in Patna
On October 2, 2022, the former political strategist began a padyatra across Bihar, addressing crowds on matters of employment, education, healthcare and others.
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Former political strategist Prashant Kishor officially launched his political party, the Jan Suraaj, in Bihar’s Patna on Wednesday.
“You all need to say ‘Jai Bihar’ so loud that no one calls you and your children ‘Bihari’ and it feels like abuse,” Kishore said while addressing a gathering in the state capital. “Your voice must reach Delhi. It must reach Bengal, where students from Bihar were beaten. It must reach Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Bombay wherever Bihari children were abused and beaten.”
Kishor was apparently referring to a video that was recently widely circulated on social media showing two job aspirants from Bihar being beaten up and abused in West Bengal’s Siliguri.
In March 2023, several videos were shared on social media purportedly showing migrant workers, especially from Bihar, being attacked and even killed in Tamil Nadu. However, the videos were found to be part of a disinformation campaign.
The Jan Suraaj aims to end political helplessness in Bihar by creating a united alternative party for its citizens, Kishore had said on Monday.
On Tuesday, he said that the Bharatiya Janata Party would suffer the same fate for supporting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the Congress did for backing former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. He also claimed that Kumar was neither...
