Prashant Kishor to Bihar voters: ‘Stop voting for jaat and bhaat’ | Latest News India
Prashant Kishor, founder of Jan Suraaj, asked the people of Bihar to stop supporting political parties based on ‘jaat’ (caste) and ‘bhaat’(free ration). He said this voting behavior is causing the state’s ongoing backwardness. Jan Suraj Party president Prashant Kishore.(Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times) He came out with the catchy rhyme at a rally in the Ramgarh assembly segment, where a by-poll is scheduled for next month. Kishor, who is also a prominent political strategist, criticised the treatment of his home state by successive governments in Bihar and the Narendra Modi administration at the Centre. “Lalu Prasad and chief minister Nitish Kumar kept the whole of Bihar trapped in ‘jaat’ for 35 years. For the past 10 years, Modi has been short-changing you in exchange for five kgs of ‘bhaat.’ You must stop voting for ‘jaat’ and ‘bhaat’ if you want a better future for yourself and your children,” Kishor said at the rally. Kishor, whose emerging party aims to make its mark in Ramgarh, a seat the RJD wants to keep and the BJP is …