By PTI
PATNA: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday launched a blistering assault on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and claimed that he spurned a latest request by the latter to “lead” the Janata Dal (United).
Kishor, who’s on a 3,500-km-long ‘pada-yatra’ that might cowl each nook and nook of the state, made the declare in a distant a part of West Champaran district, about 275 km from Patna.
“Nitish Kumar has been able to hold on to his chair and thinks he is very smart (‘mukhyamanti banke bahut hoshiyar ban rahe hain’),” mentioned Kishor with uncharacteristic acerbity for a pacesetter whom he has typically known as a father determine.
“After losing the 2014 (Lok Sabha) polls, he met me in Delhi, begging for help. I assisted him in winning the 2015 assembly polls as the chief ministerial candidate of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’. Today, he has the temerity to offer ‘gyan’ (wisdom) to me,” added Kishor.
The 45-year-old former nationwide vice-president of JD(U) appears to have taken to coronary heart Kumar’s latest dismissive averment that Kishor “did not know A, B and C” of Bihar’s politics, and the financial system which he was promising to rework.
“I am the son of a doctor, trying to work in my home state after having proven my mettle across the country,” the IPAC founder remarked, betraying indignation.
“You all must have learnt through media reports that Nitish Kumar had called me to his residence about 10-15 days back. He asked me to lead his party. I said it is not possible. I cannot go back on the commitment I have made in return for any post,” mentioned Kishor, who has launched a public consciousness marketing campaign known as ‘Jan Suraaj’.
Kishor was inducted into the JD(U) in 2018 by Kumar, who then headed the social gathering, and received elevated to the nationwide vice-president’s publish inside a couple of weeks.
However, a squabble with Kumar over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens led to his expulsion from the social gathering lower than a few years later.
JD(U) leaders didn’t instantly react to the most recent utterances of Kishor, which got here on a day when festivities and a Patna High Court order throwing municipal elections into jeopardy held their consideration.
However, Kishor’s outbursts got here only a day after JD(U) nationwide president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan had questioned the supply of his funding.
Kishor additionally amply demonstrated that he was miffed, saying, “those wanting to know from where I am getting the money should know that unlike them, I have not indulged in ‘dalaali’ (brokerage)”.
“Politicians have for long been seeking my advice on how to win elections. Media has been full of praise for my track record as a political strategist. But never before have I asked anybody to lend me money,” he mentioned.
“But today I am seeking donations. This is the fee that I am charging towards building this movement which entails expenses like the tent we have put up here,” Kishor was heard as saying within the video footage shared on social media accounts of ‘Jan Suraaj’.
PATNA: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday launched a blistering assault on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and claimed that he spurned a latest request by the latter to “lead” the Janata Dal (United).
Kishor, who’s on a 3,500-km-long ‘pada-yatra’ that might cowl each nook and nook of the state, made the declare in a distant a part of West Champaran district, about 275 km from Patna.
“Nitish Kumar has been able to hold on to his chair and thinks he is very smart (‘mukhyamanti banke bahut hoshiyar ban rahe hain’),” mentioned Kishor with uncharacteristic acerbity for a pacesetter whom he has typically known as a father determine.
“After losing the 2014 (Lok Sabha) polls, he met me in Delhi, begging for help. I assisted him in winning the 2015 assembly polls as the chief ministerial candidate of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’. Today, he has the temerity to offer ‘gyan’ (wisdom) to me,” added Kishor.
The 45-year-old former nationwide vice-president of JD(U) appears to have taken to coronary heart Kumar’s latest dismissive averment that Kishor “did not know A, B and C” of Bihar’s politics, and the financial system which he was promising to rework.
“I am the son of a doctor, trying to work in my home state after having proven my mettle across the country,” the IPAC founder remarked, betraying indignation.
“You all must have learnt through media reports that Nitish Kumar had called me to his residence about 10-15 days back. He asked me to lead his party. I said it is not possible. I cannot go back on the commitment I have made in return for any post,” mentioned Kishor, who has launched a public consciousness marketing campaign known as ‘Jan Suraaj’.
Kishor was inducted into the JD(U) in 2018 by Kumar, who then headed the social gathering, and received elevated to the nationwide vice-president’s publish inside a couple of weeks.
However, a squabble with Kumar over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens led to his expulsion from the social gathering lower than a few years later.
JD(U) leaders didn’t instantly react to the most recent utterances of Kishor, which got here on a day when festivities and a Patna High Court order throwing municipal elections into jeopardy held their consideration.
However, Kishor’s outbursts got here only a day after JD(U) nationwide president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan had questioned the supply of his funding.
Kishor additionally amply demonstrated that he was miffed, saying, “those wanting to know from where I am getting the money should know that unlike them, I have not indulged in ‘dalaali’ (brokerage)”.
“Politicians have for long been seeking my advice on how to win elections. Media has been full of praise for my track record as a political strategist. But never before have I asked anybody to lend me money,” he mentioned.
“But today I am seeking donations. This is the fee that I am charging towards building this movement which entails expenses like the tent we have put up here,” Kishor was heard as saying within the video footage shared on social media accounts of ‘Jan Suraaj’.
