Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], June 14 (ANI): Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal (United), accusing them of perpetuating poverty and corruption in Bihar over the past three decades. Addressing a gathering in Muzaffarpur, Kishor alleged that the ruling parties had exploited slogans of social justice for personal and familial gains, without delivering genuine development.
“For the last 30 years, they only wanted to do good for their family and their children by raising the slogan of social justice. They neither have any vision nor want to do anything for society. They only want to do politics by dividing people on the basis of caste. In the last 30 years, they have only given poverty and corruption in Bihar,” Kishor said.
The remarks came on a day when the Bihar government transferred 18 IPS officers, including the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Patna. Kishor questioned the leadership behind these administrative moves.
“The question is not that the SPs have been transferred. The question is—who transferred them? When Chief Minister Nitish Kumar does not even know the names of his cabinet ministers, how can he order the transfer of SPs?” he said.
Kishor also reiterated his belief that Bihar is on the brink of a major political shift. Reflecting on his two-year grassroots campaign across villages in the state, he claimed that a majority of the population is eager for change.
“We have been saying this for the last two years, that the environment is changing. This time, history will be written in Bihar. For the last two years, we have been traveling around the villages and saying that more than 60% of the people in Bihar want change. They want education and employment for their children,” he noted.
Highlighting widespread dissatisfaction, Kishor said people have endured poverty and fear for too long, feeling trapped between limited political choices and intimidation from parties like RJD and BJP.
“People are suffering hardships. They lived like this because of a lack of choice and fear of Lalu and the BJP. Now they have an option in the form of Jan Suraaj. They have a way out,” he added.
Bihar is expected to head to Assembly elections later this year, though the Election Commission has yet to announce the official dates. Kishor’s remarks appear to signal the beginning of an aggressive campaign to position Jan Suraaj as a credible alternative to the state’s long-dominant political forces.
(ANI)
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