Bihar Polls Will Be ‘Political Funeral’ Of Nitish Kumar: Prashant Kishor – News18
Final Up to date:
Prashant Kishor asserted that folks of the state have been let down by Nitish Kumar, RJD president Lalu Prasad and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Jan Suraaj Get together chief Prashant Kishor (PTI Picture)
Jan Suraaj Get together founder Prashant Kishor on Friday claimed that the upcoming meeting polls in Bihar would be the “political funeral” of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Kishor’s remarks got here on the Bihar Badlaw Rally’ held on the sprawling Gandhi Maidan right here. He additionally asserted that folks of the state have been let down by Nitish Kumar, RJD president Lalu Prasad and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Kishor, nevertheless, appeared displeased on the turnout, as he selected to talk for barely 10 minutes, and accused the administration of getting tried to thwart “entry into the town of no less than two lakh folks coming from different components of the state”.
Alleging that the administration acted on the behest of the chief minister, who heads the JD(U), the previous ballot strategist mentioned he would carry out “rajnitik shraddh” (political funeral) of the 74-year-old chief.
“Allow us to resolve to root out this authorities. The folks of Bihar had been let down by Lalu Prasad who introduced in ‘jungle raj’. They’re now reeling underneath a brand new kind of bureaucratic ‘jungle raj’ underneath Nitish Kumar. And (prime minister) Narendra Modi, who backs Nitish, has additionally disillusioned the folks,” Kishor mentioned.
Kishor additionally recalled his participation within the protests by BPSC aspirants earlier this 12 months, which gave the Jan Suraaj Get together a lift, months after it had did not make an affect in by-polls to 5 meeting segments.
“I used to be detained by the police at this very public floor. I had declared, again then that I’ll return to Gandhi Maidan. Right now, the administration conspired to forestall me from interacting with my supporters. However, in 10 days from now, I’ll start a tour and meet my folks at their doorsteps,” mentioned Kishor, who floated the get together on Gandhi Jayanti final 12 months, after a statewide ‘padayatra’.
In the meantime, JD(U) MLC and spokesman Neeraj Kumar, in a video assertion, mocked Kishor by calling him “kambal waale”, an apparent reference to a video clip that had gone viral through which the Jan Suraaj Get together chief was seen reminding BPSC aspirants, “the blankets preserving you heat have been supplied by us”.
“The rally of Prashant Kishor was a flop present. The quantity of people that turned up was not better than the common crowd of night walkers,” he claimed.
Earlier than ending his temporary speech, Kishor promised get together employees: “I’ll have a number of phrases with the media after which I will likely be at Gandhi Maidan until late within the night time. I’ll meet each certainly one of you.”
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
