Prashant Kishor feels decision to not contest Bihar polls was a ‘mistake’

Patna: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Wednesday claimed that his decision not to contest the Bihar Assembly polls could be considered a “mistake”, and said he had never expected that his party would get less than 4 per cent votes.

His comment comes after the Jan Suraaj Party drew a blank in the recently held elections. In an interview, Kishor said: “My decision not to contest polls can be considered a mistake. We have to do a lot to achieve a satisfactory result. I had never expected that our party would get less than 4 per cent votes in the assembly polls.”

The former poll strategist also asserted that his effort would continue to win future elections.

“I will not back down without winning Bihar. I don’t know how much time it will take,” he said during the interview.

Kishor had on Tuesday claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) would have been limited to just 25 seats had his government not given Rs 10,000 to over 60,000 beneficiaries in each constituency just before the elections and promised Rs 2 lakh to 1.5 crore women.