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Won’t contest elections myself: Prashant Kishor 

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BETTIAH: Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor dominated out the opportunity of contesting elections himself, however reiterated his pledge to construct a “better alternative” for his house state of Bihar.

Addressing a press convention right here on Saturday, he additionally lambasted JD(U) leaders for alleging that he was a “dhandhebaaz” (dealer) with little political acumen, and challenged them to ask Chief Minister Nitish Kumar “why he had me put up at his residence for two years”.

“Why would I contest polls? I have no such aspirations,” snapped the I-PAC founder on being requested repeatedly whether or not he deliberate to enter the electoral enviornment himself.

He was talking on the eve of the district conference, for West Champaran, scheduled on Sunday when individuals’s opinions will probably be sought as as to whether the “Jan Suraaj” marketing campaign must be made a political social gathering.

Kishor, who’s on a 3,500-km-long “padayatra” of the state, stated related individuals’s polls will probably be held in all districts of the state based mostly on which the following plan of action will probably be determined.

Kisor claimed Kumar will as soon as once more bathe encomiums on him if he joins his “political enterprise”.

“Since I have charted an independent course for myself, he and his lackeys are unhappy with me,” he stated.

“JD(U) leaders like to berate me. They should ask Nitish Kumar what was I doing at his residence for two years if I had no political understanding,” he added.

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Replying to a question, Kishor stated he didn’t repent for having labored with Kumar prior to now.

“There is a world of difference between what he (Kumar) was 10 years ago and what he is now. He had given up his chair in 2014 owning moral responsibility for his party’s drubbing in Lok Sabha polls. Now, he is willing to make any type of compromise to stay in power,” Kishor stated.

Mocking the grand alliance authorities’s promise of 10 lakh jobs a yr, Kishor stated, “I’ve stated it many occasions and I say it once more — in the event that they fulfil the promise I’ll quit my marketing campaign.

BETTIAH: Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor dominated out the opportunity of contesting elections himself, however reiterated his pledge to construct a “better alternative” for his house state of Bihar.

Addressing a press convention right here on Saturday, he additionally lambasted JD(U) leaders for alleging that he was a “dhandhebaaz” (dealer) with little political acumen, and challenged them to ask Chief Minister Nitish Kumar “why he had me put up at his residence for two years”.

“Why would I contest polls? I have no such aspirations,” snapped the I-PAC founder on being requested repeatedly whether or not he deliberate to enter the electoral enviornment himself.

He was talking on the eve of the district conference, for West Champaran, scheduled on Sunday when individuals’s opinions will probably be sought as as to whether the “Jan Suraaj” marketing campaign must be made a political social gathering.

Kishor, who’s on a 3,500-km-long “padayatra” of the state, stated related individuals’s polls will probably be held in all districts of the state based mostly on which the following plan of action will probably be determined.

Kisor claimed Kumar will as soon as once more bathe encomiums on him if he joins his “political enterprise”.

“Since I have charted an independent course for myself, he and his lackeys are unhappy with me,” he stated.

“JD(U) leaders like to berate me. They should ask Nitish Kumar what was I doing at his residence for two years if I had no political understanding,” he added.

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Replying to a question, Kishor stated he didn’t repent for having labored with Kumar prior to now.

“There is a world of difference between what he (Kumar) was 10 years ago and what he is now. He had given up his chair in 2014 owning moral responsibility for his party’s drubbing in Lok Sabha polls. Now, he is willing to make any type of compromise to stay in power,” Kishor stated.

Mocking the grand alliance authorities’s promise of 10 lakh jobs a yr, Kishor stated, “I’ve stated it many occasions and I say it once more — in the event that they fulfil the promise I’ll quit my marketing campaign.