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Prashant Kishor shifts from Sheikhpura House to Bihar Navnirman Ashram near IIT Patna till next Bihar polls.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor in an interview with PTI.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor announced on Wednesday that he has moved to an ashram, located on the outskirts of Patna, till the next assembly elections are conducted in Bihar.
Speaking to reporters in Bihar’s Darbhanga, Prashant Kishor said, “Last night, I shifted out of the place in Patna where I had been living. The Bihar Navnirman Ashram, situated close to IIT-Patna, shall be my abode till the next assembly polls when the Jan Suraaj Party will, hopefully, make an impact.”
The poll strategist-turned-politician decided to relocate to an ashram after he launched his party before the recently held assembly elections, but failed to win a single seat.
Till now, Prashant Kishor was operating from ‘Sheikhpura House’, which is a sprawling bungalow close to Patna airport. The house is owned by the family of party national president and former BJP MP Uday Singh.
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Singh hails from one of the prominent political families of Bihar. His older brother NK Singh is a former chairman of the 15th Finance Commission and former Rajya Sabha MP, and their late mother, Madhuri Singh, was an MP from Purnea and a senior Congress leader.
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“The one who got elected as chief minister after the elections was unable to stop migration caused by economic distress. Instead, he chose to migrate himself, but not before ensuring that his son gets a foothold,” Kishor said.
He appealed to the Bihar voters to prioritise their own interests and not cast their vote on the basis of caste, religion, or monetary inducements.
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“The people of Bihar must think about the future of their own children while casting votes. They should not get swayed by leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar or Lalu Prasad, nor should they sell their votes for Rs 10,000,” Kishor said.
The statement was seen as an apparent swipe at the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana introduced ahead of the Assembly polls, under which more than 1.5 crore women were provided financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each.
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