Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Wednesday said he will not contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, stating that the decision was taken in the larger interest of the party, according to a PTI report.
Kishor said the party had decided to field another candidate from Raghopur, where he was earlier expected to contest against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. “The party has decided that I should not contest the assembly polls. And therefore, the party has announced another candidate from Raghopur, against Tejashwi Yadav. It was a decision we took in the larger interest of the party. If I were to contest, it would have distracted me from the necessary organisational work,” PTI quoted him as saying.
The two-phase Bihar assembly elections will be held on November 6 and November 11, with counting scheduled for November 14.
Kishor, a former political strategist, said the outcome of the elections would have implications beyond Bihar. “If Jan Suraaj Party wins the Bihar polls, it will have a nationwide impact. The compass of national politics will point in a different direction,” he said.
Expressing confidence in his party’s prospects, the 48-year-old added that the results would be decisive. “I can say with certainty that we will either win handsomely or receive a drubbing. I have been stating on record that I expect a tally of either fewer than 10 seats or more than 150 seats. There is no possibility of anything in between,” he said.
Kishor ruled out the possibility of a hung assembly, saying his party would not need to support either the NDA or the INDIA bloc. “A tally less than 150, even if it is 120 or 130, shall be a defeat for me. If we do well, we will have the mandate to transform Bihar and make it count among the 10 most advanced states of the country. If we do not do well enough, it would mean the people have not shown enough confidence in us, and we must continue to carry on with our politics of the street and society (samaj aur sadak ki rajneeti),” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
Kishor said the party had decided to field another candidate from Raghopur, where he was earlier expected to contest against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. “The party has decided that I should not contest the assembly polls. And therefore, the party has announced another candidate from Raghopur, against Tejashwi Yadav. It was a decision we took in the larger interest of the party. If I were to contest, it would have distracted me from the necessary organisational work,” PTI quoted him as saying.
The two-phase Bihar assembly elections will be held on November 6 and November 11, with counting scheduled for November 14.
Kishor, a former political strategist, said the outcome of the elections would have implications beyond Bihar. “If Jan Suraaj Party wins the Bihar polls, it will have a nationwide impact. The compass of national politics will point in a different direction,” he said.
Expressing confidence in his party’s prospects, the 48-year-old added that the results would be decisive. “I can say with certainty that we will either win handsomely or receive a drubbing. I have been stating on record that I expect a tally of either fewer than 10 seats or more than 150 seats. There is no possibility of anything in between,” he said.
Kishor ruled out the possibility of a hung assembly, saying his party would not need to support either the NDA or the INDIA bloc. “A tally less than 150, even if it is 120 or 130, shall be a defeat for me. If we do well, we will have the mandate to transform Bihar and make it count among the 10 most advanced states of the country. If we do not do well enough, it would mean the people have not shown enough confidence in us, and we must continue to carry on with our politics of the street and society (samaj aur sadak ki rajneeti),” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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