Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Wednesday mentioned he wouldn’t work for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, not even when Nitish vacates the CM’s chair for him. Prashant Kishor mentioned he has made a promise to the individuals and that may’t be modified. He has additionally revealed that within the final assembly between them — after Nitish Kumar walked out of the NDA alliance in Bihar and have become the chief minister of the Mahagathbandhan within the state — he was requested by Nitish Kumar to affix the JD(U).
“I categorically instructed the CM that I can’t work with him even when he (Nitish Kumar) makes me his political inheritor or …vacates the chair of CM for me. I mentioned no….I’ve made a promise to the individuals…it could possibly’t be modified,” Prashant Kishor mentioned as he addressed a gathering at Jamunia village within the West Champaran district as a part of his ongoing 3,500-km Jan Suraah yatra.
Prashant Kishor made frequent references to Nitish Kumar in his addresses in the course of the yatra. “You all should have learnt by means of media stories that Nitish Kumar had known as me to his residence about 10-15 days again. He requested me to steer his occasion. I mentioned it’s not attainable,” Prashant Kishor mentioned on Tuesday.
“After dropping the 2014 (Lok Sabha) polls, he met me in Delhi, begging for assist. I assisted him in profitable the 2015 meeting polls because the chief ministerial candidate of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’. Right now, he has the temerity to supply ‘gyan’ (knowledge) to me,” he mentioned.
Prashant Kishor joined the JD(U) in 2018 and have become the nationwide vice-president however was later expelled from the occasion following a disagreement with Nitish Kumar over the Citizenship Modification Act.
Nitish Kumar lately accused Prashant Kishor of engaged on behalf of the BJP as JD(U) questioned the supply of Prashant Kishor’s funding behind his yatra. Prashant Kishor addressed these doubts and mentioned these curious to know his funding should additionally know that not like them, he by no means indulged in ‘dalaali’.
“Politicians have for lengthy been looking for my recommendation on tips on how to win elections. Media has been filled with reward for my monitor file as a political strategist. However by no means earlier than have I requested anyone to lend me cash,” he mentioned. “However at present I’m looking for donations. That is the payment that I’m charging in direction of constructing this motion which entails bills just like the tent we have now put up right here,” Prashant Kishor mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
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