Prashant Kishor set for 'padyatra' across Bihar from Oct 2; says no political party for now

Ace poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday put paid to speculations of him floating a new political platform stating that he is set to embark on a 3000 km padyatra that will start from Mahatma Gandhis ashram in Bihars Champaran on October 2He said he will launch a Jan Surraj Good Governance campaign in the next three to four months into which he will rope in eminent personalities of Bihar who want to bring about a positive change in the statePrashant Kishore popularly referred to as PK said that there are no elections in Bihar in the near future and so he is not launching a political party for now However he did not comment on future plans on his own political platformIt is being speculated that I will form a new political party I will not make any such announcement today My role in the coming days will be to meet the people who are connected to the social and political life of Bihar and who understand Bihars problems and bring all of them together on one platform We have identified and contacted nearly 17500 people in the past four to five months Kishor saidHe added If we will decide in future that we need to make a political party then it wont be Prashant Kishors party It will be a peoples partyIf a large number of people come together on one platform and collectively decide on the need for a political party then the announcement of that party would be made Even if that party is formed then it will not be Prashant Kishors party but every such persons party who wants to accompany in the formation of the political party This work should be completed by August or September the poll strategist saidIn the coming three to four months I will meet most of these people personally and discuss the methods to implement the idea of Jan Suraaj good governance My experience says that nearly 90 per cent of people agree that there is a need for a collective new effort he further addedKishor had recently turned down an offer to join the Congress stating that the grand old party was in need of leadership On May 2 he had posted a cryptic tweet on his timeline in which he said My quest to be a meaningful participant in democracy and help shape propeople policy led to a 10yr rollercoaster ride As I turn the page time to go to the Real MastersHitting out at Nitish Kumarled National Democratic Alliance NDA and Lalu Prasad Yadav led RJD for their respective tenures as chief ministers Kishor said that it is an undeniable truth that Bihar is the most backward and poorest state of the countryThe amount of truth that is there in their claims of development of Bihar during their respective tenures it is also a truth that even after the 30year rule of Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar Bihar is the most backward and the poorest state of the country Bihar still stands at the lowermost step in most of the parameters of development If Bihar has to come in the category of advanced states we cannot reach there walking on the same path as in the past 10 to 15 years he saidThose who are connected to this land and understand the issues pertaining to this state and have the capability to solve the problems and who want to change Bihar most of such people need to come together and make a new effort Kishor added calling upon the people to join him in his campaignAssuring the people of the state of his dedication he struck down the question of quitting in the middleI want to assure the people of Bihar that I am dedicating everything that I have for the betterment of the people There is no question of quitting in the middle or backing down because of the troubles Kishor saidTalking about the possibility of contesting the elections in alliance with any other political party he said that he has no such plans yetI have no thoughts about contesting the election in Bihar with any political party If contesting elections was my target then it could be fought by forming a party a year before the polls I dont need any such experiment with four years to go for the polls he saidAsked about his Chief Ministerial ambitions in the future after the formation of his own party Kishor said that he is not sure if he would hold any key positions like the president in the partyIf we form the party I cannot say that I will be the face of the CM candidate or the chief of the party Kishor saidKishor has been key in victories in Bihar Delhi Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Punjab and the latest in West Bengal elections