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As the architect of many electoral victories, beginning from Narendra Modi’s 2014 campaign to Mamata Banerjee’s 2021 triumph, election strategist Prashant Kishor has always been considered a sharp political brain to pick on the political situation in the country. Given that he is now travelling across Bihar leading a padayatra under the banner Jan Suraaj of which he is the convenor, he becomes an even more important resource of political understanding, especially in the backdrop of a fresh political churn in Bihar.
Kishor will be the guest at ‘Express Adda’ on Friday where he will be in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express and Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor, The Indian Express. He will answer questions on the latest flip-flop in Patna, its impact on the rest of the nation, and if the 2024 Lok Sabha polls are really a foregone conclusion. In 2015, Kishor had delivered a massive victory for the RJD-JDU combine in Bihar. He later also joined the JDU only to part ways later.
In May 2022, Kishor launched the Jan Suraaj Abhiyan, which he claims is an attempt to give Bihar a political alternative that can rise above narrow caste politics and address the core issues behind the state’s underdevelopment. His state-wide padyatra, that started on October 2, 2022, has already covered 188 blocks, 1,130 panchayats and 2,348 villages in Bihar.
The exercise is not just aimed at understanding the problems faced by the people but also to identify the right kind of people from across the state who must be ushered into politics, says Kishor. According to Kishor, while he has no personal ambitions, he would use his expertise and resources to help the chosen candidates win elections.
In his public meetings he often berates the gathering for having voted for wrong issues and constantly goads them to think about their children’s future while voting. It is likely that the movement will transform into a political party and contest the 2025 Assembly polls in Bihar.
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