OPINION | Prashant Kishor’s new party: He should lead it from the front

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Political strategist Prashant Kishor formally became a ‘neta’ on October 2, when he launched his Jan Suraaj Party in Patna. More than 50,000 people from all over Bihar attended his meeting. Prashant Kishor declared his party would follow neither the Left nor the Right path, but will tread the “humanist path”. His party flag will bear the pictures of Gandhi and Ambedkar. Prashant Kishor promised to remove prohibition in Bihar within one hour if his party comes to power. Retired Indian Foreign Service officer Manoj Bharti will serve as the party’s working president and all decisions will be taken at the ‘Leadership Council’. Present on the dais were former Union Minister Devendra Yadav, former MP Monazir Hassan, Karpoori Thakur’s granddaughter Jagriti Thakur, former IPS officer from Assam Anand Mishra and others. Most of the leaders in Jan Suraaj Party have no political background, but Prashant Kishor promises to make Bihar the No.1 state in India.