Prashant Kishor launches ‘Baat Bihar Ki’ campaign, attacks Nitish Kumar

New Delhi: Political Strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday launched the ‘Baat Bihar Ki’ campaign and said he would work towards making Bihar one of the 10 best states in the country.

Prashant Kishor announced that he will be travelling across Bihar for 100 days and campaign against the misgovernance under Nitish rule.

Targeting Nitish Kumar, Kishor said the ideological position of the JD(U) was the main cause of conflict with the chief minister and that the campaign, starting from February 20, will reach out to people who believe there is need of new leadership in Bihar.

Political strategist Prashant Kishor: I am starting a program called ‘Baat Bihar ki’ from 20th February, to work towards making Bihar one of the 10 best states in the country pic.twitter.com/fZ2GOQM0oo

— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2020

Prashant Kishor in the press conference said that:

“There have been many discussions between me and Nitish ji about the party’s ideology. Nitish ji always told us that the party can never leave the ideals of Gandhi ji… But now the party is with those who are soft on Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse… For me Gandhi ji and Godse cannot go hand-in-hand,” Mr Kishor said.

Political strategist Prashant Kishor: Hum woh neta chahte hain jo sashakt ho, jo Bihar ke liye apni baat kehne mein kisi ka pichhlaggu na bane. https://t.co/V7X22ul1Rw pic.twitter.com/5SMSJCClm0

— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2020

Kishor played a key role the in brokering an alliance between Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and JD(U) for the assembly polls and defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar in 2015, when the Modi wave was at its peak.

Indian Political Action Committee, the election strategy firm set up by Prashant Kishor, was roped in by the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party for the campaign in the run-up to the Delhi assembly elections.

The AAP won a thumping majority by winning 62 of the 70 assembly seats in the February 8 Delhi elections.