'Vote For Jan Suraaj, Never Go Outside Bihar For Work': Prashant Kishor

Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor said that the party will bring an abundance of opportunities within the state, and people won't have to leave their hometown in search of jobs, if they vote for the party in the upcoming Bihar elections.

"If you vote for Jan Suraaj, all those who have come home for Chhath, will never go outside Bihar for employment... The youth of Bihar want employment in Bihar itself... A people's government is going to be formed in Bihar...," said Prashant Kishor in an election rally in Sitamarhi.

Earlier on Friday, Prashant Kishor launched a veiled attack on the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar and alleged that the "youth of Bihar are struggling" to return home to Chhath while a "bullet train is being built in Gujarat."

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"This is the janmabhoomi of Jan Suraaj, where the party came into being 3.5 years ago... We resolved that we will end the political bonded labour of the people of Bihar, where they vote for the BJP when they fear Lalu, and vice versa... In the coming 10-15 days, people need to decide whether they want to continue with the existing arrangement or whether they want to bring about a change... A bullet train worth Rs 1 lakh crore is being built in Gujarat, whereas the youth of Bihar are struggling to get a seat in the train to come home for Chhath...," Kishor told reporters here.

On the same day, independent candidate Anup Kumar Srivastava from Gopalganj officially joined the Jan Suraaj Party in the presence of party founder Prashant Kishor.

This development follows Jan Suraaj's candidate, Shashi Shekhar Sinha, withdrawing his nomination from the Gopalganj assembly constituency. Following Sinha's exit, the party has extended its support to Srivastava for the upcoming polls.

The 2025 Bihar elections see a contest between the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan. NDA includes the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (United), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.

Mahagathbandhan, led by Rashtriya Janata Dal, includes Congress party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML) led by Dipankar Bhattacharya, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Mukesh Sahani's Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP).
Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj has staked claims to all 243 seats in the state.

Bihar will go to the polls on November 6 and November 11, and votes will be counted on November 14.

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