Patna, May 27 (IANS) Jan Suraaj convener Prashant Kishor has announced that his party will contest the upcoming Bankipur Assembly by-election, directly challenging the BJP in what has long been regarded as one of the party’s strongest urban bastions in Bihar.Addressing a public meeting in Sheohar, Prashant Kishor asserted that for the past four to five decades, a single political family associated with the BJP had dominated Bankipur politics, while parties such as the RJD and Congress had repeat…
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New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) As counting trends in Tamil Nadu begin to take shape, social media has revived an old remark by political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor about actor-turned-politician Vijay being a dark horse in state politics. The statement, made more than a year ago, is now being widely circulated as it appears to align closely with the current poll trend where Vijay’s TVK, is leading in several constituencies.An old video clip of Kishor, now chief of Jan Suraaj party, h…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The top leadership of political consultancy firm I-PAC is currently under scrutiny in an alleged money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), triggering conflicting claims over its role as an adviser to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress just days ahead of a high-stakes Assembly election.In less than seven years of association, I-PAC’s presence has become deeply embedded in Trinamool operations. From the “Didi Ke Bolo” outreach p…
Bengaluru/New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at several locations linked to I-PAC, owned by Prashant Kishor, in connection with the Bengal coal smuggling scam. The raids were carried out at multiple locations in Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad. Prashant Kishor is currently assisting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in strategising for the crucial Assembly elections.Officials confirmed that this is a pan-India operation. ED teams, along…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Ahead of Mamata Banerjee assuming power in West Bengal in 2011, a small room at the Trinamool Congress Bhavan in Kolkata used to host a group of fresh-out-of-college youth who worked on “media monitoring” with a panel of screens beaming news and a pile of the day’s newspapers at their desks. The party leader then overseeing the group would fuss over them, share opinion over their reports before finalising the document for the eyes of the party Chairperson herself…
Patna, March 12 (IANS) Jan Suraaj Party Chief Prashant Kishor arrived in Bihar’s Gaya on Thursday, where he held a meeting with party workers at a private hotel and addressed the media. During the interaction, Kishor launched a sharp attack on the politics of Bihar and the state’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.He claimed that Nitish Kumar’s move to the Rajya Sabha was already decided by leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).According to the Jan Suraaj Party Chief, despite the National Democr…
Patna, Feb 11 (IANS) Jan Suraaj convener Prashant Kishor on Wednesday visited the family of the six-year-old minor girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered in Darbhanga and consoled them.During the visit, Kishor launched a sharp attack on the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, alleging a complete collapse of law and order in the state and terming the prevailing situation as the “Jungle Raj of officers”.After meeting the victim’s family members, Kishor raised serious concerns ov…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a writ petition filed by Jan Suraaj, founded by political strategist Prashant Kishor, challenging the validity of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections and seeking a direction for holding fresh polls.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi expressed disinclination to examine the matter under Article 32 of the Constitution, following which the petitioner sought to withdraw the plea with lib…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Jan Suraaj party, founded by political strategist Prashant Kishor, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the 2025 Bihar Assembly election results are null and void, and requesting a direction to hold fresh elections. In a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, the party has contended that the disbursal of Rs 10,000 each through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to one woman per family during the subsistence of the Model Code of Conduct …
Patna, Jan 17 (IANS) Jan Suraaj convenor Prashant Kishor met Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kartikeya Sharma at his office near Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Saturday in connection with the suspicious death of a NEET aspirant from Jehanabad.He was accompanied by the victim’s father, maternal uncle, aunt, paternal uncle, and brother.The meeting was held to seek a humane approach from the police towards those against whom FIRs were registered for protesting against the incident, and preve…