Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor stated on Wednesday, that choosing not to contest the Bihar assembly elections may have been a mistake. He added that he never imagined his party would secure less than four percent of the vote. His remarks followed the Jan Suraaj Party’s complete failure to win any seats in the recent state polls.
Speaking to media, Kishor said, his decision not to enter the electoral fray could be viewed as an error in judgment and that the party still has a long distance to cover before achieving meaningful results.
He expressed surprise at their low vote share and noted that the outcome was far below expectations.
The former election strategist affirmed that his mission would continue and that he was determined to fight until his party succeeds in Bihar. He said he would not step back until he achieved victory in the state even though he could not predict how long it might take.
A day earlier, Kishor claimed that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United would have been reduced to around twenty five seats if the state government had not distributed financial benefits shortly before the polls.
According to him, over sixty thousand beneficiaries in each constituency received ten thousand rupees and nearly one and a half crore women were promised two lakh rupees under a self employment scheme.
He accused the NDA government of committing to spending forty thousand crore rupees of public funds and releasing a significant part of it right before the elections
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