Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraaj party, has said he has shifted to an ashram on the outskirts of Patna, citing prolonged disappointment after the Bihar Assembly election results.
Jan Suraaj contested 238 seats in the election but did not win a single constituency, a result that he said left party workers disheartened. Kishor told reporters that he has now relocated to the ashram.
He said he would continue to guide the party’s political activities from there until the next Bihar Assembly election, adding that he still believes Jan Suraaj can make an impact in the coming polls.
Kishor also criticised the state’s leadership, alleging that the post-election chief minister did not address migration driven by economic distress and instead focused on securing a position for his son. He urged voters not to be swayed by caste, religion or money, and asked them to vote with their children’s future in mind.
Calling Bihar one of the country’s poorest states, he questioned what he described as high government spending, including claims about the chief minister living on a large residential campus and plans to expand the complex by linking it with a bungalow occupied by the deputy chief minister.
