Prashant Kishor Stopped From Getting into Nitish Kumar’s Ancestral Village – News18

Final Up to date:Might 18, 2025, 22:21 IST

Officers maintained that the Jan Suraaj Get together didn’t search prior permission to carry such a gathering at Kalyan Bigha

Jan Suraaj Get together founder Prashant Kishor was on Sunday stopped by the administration from getting into Kalyan Bigha, the ancestral village of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the place he needed to work together with locals throughout his go to to Nalanda district.

Kishor, who needed to launch his occasion’s signature marketing campaign demanding solutions on “unfulfilled” authorities guarantees from the ancestral village of the CM, was stopped by the district administration and safety personnel from getting into the village. Kishor and his occasion employees needed a face-to-face interplay with the residents of Kalyan Bigha.

Officers maintained that the Jan Suraaj Get together didn’t search prior permission to carry such a gathering at Kalyan Bigha.

“The Jan Suraaj Get together had sought permission to carry a public assembly in Bihar Sharif (district headquarters of Nalanda) on Might 18…the district administration had given them permission. The occasion had not sought permission for holding such an occasion at Kalyan Bigha…that was the rationale they weren’t allowed to enter the village,” Nalanda District Justice of the Peace, Shashank Shubhankar, advised PTI.

“Holding public conferences at a specific place requires plenty of preparations by the district administration, together with police. That’s the reason prior permission is obligatory for such gatherings. Since they’d been given permission to carry the general public assembly on Might 18 in Bihar Sharif solely,… They had been requested to go to the place in Bihar Sharif for which the permission had been granted,” stated the DM.

Interacting with media individuals, the place he was stopped, Kishor stated he needed to work together with locals however was stopped.

“I needed to work together with locals to see the state of affairs in Kalyan Bigha, the ancestral village of the CM. However I’m not being allowed. That is the federal government of Nitish Kumar. Earlier, they stopped Congress chief Rahul Gandhi from holding an interplay programme with college students in Darbhanga. Now, they’re doing it with me.” In a verbal change with officers of the district administration, Kishor was heard saying, “Will you cease me from getting into the village ? Do I want permission to go to the village ? I need you to provide it in writing, after which I’ll return. We’re law-abiding individuals…” The SDM was heard saying, “You want permission as there is perhaps a law-and-order state of affairs. Individuals have filed a grievance.” Later, Prashant Kishor went to Bihar Sharif and addressed the gathering and likewise launched the signature marketing campaign. The occasion launched a signature marketing campaign demanding solutions on “unfulfilled” authorities guarantees.

The signature marketing campaign will concentrate on three factors – what occurred to the Nitish authorities’s promise of giving Rs 2 lakh every to the 94 lakh poor households, 3 decimal of land to the Mahadalit households and corruption within the ongoing land survey.

Earlier, Kishor had stated {that a} Jan Suraaj Get together delegation would gather signatures from one crore individuals throughout 40,000 villages within the state until July 11.

The signatures would then be submitted to the governor and the CM if the federal government “failed” to reveal inside a month the standing of delivering Rs 2 lakh to every of the 94 lakh poor households recognized within the caste survey and of offering land to the landless.

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