Jan Suraaj Get together founder Prashant Kishor was stopped from getting into Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s ancestral village Kalyan Bigha in Nalanda, resulting in a heated trade with officers over alleged top-down orders.
Jan Suraaj Get together founder Prashant Kishor was stopped by district officers from getting into Kalyan Bigha, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar‘s ancestral village in Nalanda, throughout a marketing campaign occasion on Saturday, triggering a heated trade with native authorities. The confrontation, captured on video, exhibits Kishor questioning the Sub-Divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM) over the restrictions, insisting that his occasion is dedicated to lawful conduct.
Kishor, recognized for his grassroots political campaigns, alleged that the district administration had selectively restricted his motion. “They didn’t cease me in the whole 3 km stretch of villages earlier than this, however now they declare I am unable to enter Kalyan Bigha due to orders from the highest,” he mentioned, including that locals had voiced complaints about corruption and the dearth of growth advantages, opposite to official claims.
The SDM, in flip, cited potential legislation and order points, stating, “If my intention was to cease you, I’d have stopped you in Bihar Sharif itself. However we’ve obtained complaints, and such gatherings can create tensions.” Kishor responded, “We’re law-abiding individuals. What is going to you do if I refuse to observe your directions? Are you making an attempt to intimidate me by gathering individuals right here?”
District administration cites permission violation
In a subsequent assertion, the Nalanda district administration clarified that Kishor’s occasion had solely been granted permission for a public assembly on the Labour Welfare Floor in Bihar Sharif, not for village-level occasions. “The occasion tried to carry conferences at unauthorized areas, violating the circumstances of their unique utility,” the assertion learn, including that additional investigations are underway to find out if the gathering was meant to disrupt public order.
Kishor, nevertheless, dismissed these claims as bureaucratic overreach, describing the transfer as part of a “new custom” in Bihar the place political outreach is being stifled. He added, “Nitish ji has constructed good roads right here, and this must be the usual throughout Bihar. However such arbitrary restrictions present the sort of ‘jungle raaj’ officers are imposing within the state.”
The incident comes at a politically delicate time for Bihar, with meeting elections simply months away, intensifying the competition between the ruling JD(U)-RJD alliance and rising regional challengers like Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Get together.
(Inputs from Shiv Kumar)