‘His own people sold him politically’: Prashant Kishor questions Nitish Kumar’s move to Rajya Sabha
Prashant Kishor accused Nitish Kumar of political missteps and announced a door-to-door Jan Suraaj campaign to challenge the BJP in Bankipur.
Prashant Kishor accused Nitish Kumar of political missteps and announced a door-to-door Jan Suraaj campaign to challenge the BJP in Bankipur.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor claimed that the Chief Ministerial face in Bihar would ultimately be chosen by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, suggesting that incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is being sidelined due to health concerns.
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.
In its writ petition, Jan Suraaj had alleged large-scale irregularities in last year's elections in Bihar in which the NDA won, and sought fresh polls.
Bhojpuri singer and youth icon Ritesh Pandey has resigned from Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party after contesting the Bihar Assembly election. He says he now wants to serve people through music and social work.
Following a news report about this, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued a notice to Kishore to explain his alleged enrollment as a voter in both West Bengal and Bihar within three days.
Between October 23 and November 3, Modi will address a series of 12 rallies spanning key districts including Patna, Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Samastipur, East and West Champaran, Saharsa, and Araria, often holding up to three rallies a day.
Making the announcement, Prashant Kishor said that 31 of the 65 candidates in the second list belong to the Extremely Backward Class (EBC), highlighting that no other party has given so many tickets to EBC candidates so far.
Singh made the remarks after inducting Saurabh, spokesperson of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and a leader from Aurangabad, into his party.
On July 18, 2025, Ritesh Pandey formally joined the Jan Suraaj Party in Patna, in presence of Prashant Kishor and former IPS officer Jaiprakash Singh.
