Patna: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor launched his political party, Jan Suraaj Party, in Patna this week, in the presence of eminent personalities. Ahead of the launch, he asked the people at the event to raise the Jai Bihar slogan that reaches states where the people of the state are being abused and thrashed.
"You all need to say 'Jai Bihar' so loud that no one calls you and your children 'Bihari' and it feels like abuse. Your voice must reach Delhi. It must reach Bengal, where students from Bihar were beaten. It must reach Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Bombay wherever Bihari children were abused and beaten," Prashant Kishor said.
Jan Suraaj started as a campaign under which Prashant Kishor met with thousands of people from Bihar to understand their problems. Kishor said present Chief Minister Nitish Kumar isn't in the right physical, mental and political state to run Bihar. "A big section in Bihar is wondering if Nitish Kumar is mentally and physically fit to provide leadership to Bihar," he added.
The party will be headed by Manoj Bharti, a retired officer of the Indian Foreign Service. Kishor has said if elected, the party would end prohibition of liquor in the state and use the earnings to improve the education sector.