Politics

Prashant Kishor Denies Change in View After Meeting Bihar CM

By Rohitashwa Ranjan

Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor said on Friday that the meeting he had with Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary at the funeral of former BJP leader RK Sinha was only a matter of social and political courtesy and would not alter his earlier remarks about the chief minister. "We met as a matter of social and political courtesy. I had gone to attend someone's shradh ceremony, where he was also present. Bihar's culture teaches us to maintain social courtesy when we meet someone. Meeting Samrat Choudhary will not turn him from a seventh‑grade fail into a PhD holder," Kishor said. "If I have called him a criminal earlier, I will not start calling him a sage tomorrow. Do not harbour such misconceptions. The democratic fight is separate. I have worked with and opposed Nitish Kumar, but I have no personal fight with him or Lalu Prasad, or anyone else. Our fight is for the betterment of Bihar, not against any individual, caste, community or political party," he added. Kishor has repeatedly criticized Choudhary’s educational qualifications and alleged criminal background, referring to him as a “Class 7‑fail” during the run‑up to last year’s Bihar assembly elections. The comments were made by Kishor in a statement released after the funeral ceremony. The Times of India’s Rohitashwa Ranjan reports on Indian politics and election dynamics.}