After failing to make an electoral impact in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections and the Supreme Court’s rejection to entertain the plea to cancel the Bihar Assembly elections, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, also known as PK, has launched a state-wide tour to strengthen the organisation at the grassroots.
Launching the “Bihar Navanirmaan Yatra” on Sunday from Bagaha in West Champaran district of Bihar, he said that the objective is to strengthen the organisation in every district by reconnecting with old associates, bringing new people into the organisation, and strengthening the organisational structure at the grassroots level.
On this occasion, Prashant Kishor appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to ensure that every woman entrepreneur who had applied for the ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgaar Yojana’ gets Rs 2 lakh to further expand their businesses, as per the promise made before the elections.
He said that the party will go door-to-door to ensure that every woman receives this amount. He said that if the government fails to fulfil this promise, it will become clear that the announcement was made only for electoral gains.
Responding to questions about the poll outcome, Prashant Kishor said that the people of Bihar have defined everyone’s role — the NDA has got the mandate to run the government, RJD has been assigned the role of Opposition in the Assembly, and Jan Suraaj Party has been entrusted with the responsibility of working among the people on public issues.
“We are carrying out that responsibility with complete sincerity,” he added.
Recently, the Jan Suraaj Party had also filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, seeking fresh elections in the state, alleging misuse of a welfare scheme to influence voters.
In the petition, the decision of the Bihar government was challenged, under which Rs 10,000 each was allegedly transferred to women beneficiaries under the ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgaar Yojana’ (Chief Minister’s Women Employment Scheme) after the announcement of the election schedule, in violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
Rejecting the petition, the Supreme Court said that it cannot issue sweeping directions to cancel the Bihar Assembly elections in their entirety at the behest of a political party.