Prashant Kishor Promises Local Employment Opportunities: "Vote Jan Suraaj and Never Leave Bihar for Work"

Prashant Kishor announced that a people's government will be formed in Bihar. (File)

Sitamarhi:

Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor declared that if citizens vote for his party in the upcoming Bihar elections, there will be an abundance of opportunities within the state, eliminating the need for residents to leave their hometown in search of employment.

"If you vote for Jan Suraaj, all those who have returned home for Chhath will never need to leave Bihar for employment... The youth of Bihar desire jobs within Bihar itself... A people's government is about to be formed in Bihar," Prashant Kishor stated during an election rally in Sitamarhi.

Previously on Friday, Kishor launched an indirect criticism of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's NDA government in Bihar, claiming that "Bihar's youth are struggling" to return home for Chhath festival while "a bullet train is being constructed in Gujarat."

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"This is Jan Suraaj's birthplace, where the party was established 3.5 years ago... We committed to ending the political bonded labor of Bihar's people, where they vote for BJP when they fear Lalu, and vice versa... In the coming 10-15 days, people must decide whether they want to continue with the current arrangement or bring about change... A bullet train worth Rs 1 lakh crore is under construction in Gujarat, while Bihar's youth struggle to secure train seats to return home for Chhath," Kishor told reporters.

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

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

The 2025 Bihar elections feature 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, with vote counting scheduled for November 14.