As the date of the by-elections in Bihar approaches, political agitation has intensified. The round of political accusations and counteraccusations continues, which is why the electoral atmosphere has become heated. For the first time in these by-elections, election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishore is fielding his party’s candidates Jan Suraj. However, doubts are now arising about his party’s candidates. Let us tell you that by-elections will be held on November 13 for four seats in Bihar, including Belaganj, Imamganj, Ramgarh and Tarari. Prashant Kishore has presented Jan Suraj candidates for these four seats.
That’s why questions arise.
, Prashant Kishore has named Mohammad Amjad, 55, his candidate from Belaganj. Mohammad Amjad has a profession associated with agriculture and business. According to the affidavit of Belaganj candidate Mohammad Amjad, a case of attempt to murder, extortion and assault has been registered against him. According to the Belaganj candidate, the court did not acquit him in any case. Mohammad Amjad contested the 2005 and 2010 assembly elections and was also the Panchayat chief.
, Prashant Kishore has fielded Jitendra Paswan from the Imamganj seat. Jitendra Paswan is 47 years old and a doctor by profession. Jitendra Paswan has the highest number of criminal cases registered against him, which include kidnapping, fraud, assault and robbery. Jitendra Paswan mentioned this in the election affidavit. However, according to his affidavit, of the criminal cases registered against Jitendra Paswan, many of them turned out to be false during investigation and in the rest he was found innocent or released by the court.
, Prashant Kishore’s party gave Sushil Kumar Singh Kushwaha a ticket from the Ramgarh seat. Sushil Kumar Singh is 55 years old and a farmer. Cases of attempt to murder, bounced check and assault are also registered against Sushil Kumar.
, Kiran Singh has been named the Tarari candidate by Prashant Kishore’s party. Of Prashant Kishor’s four candidates, if only Kiran Devi is left out, then the remaining three candidates have criminal cases registered against them, so doubts are now being raised over the selection of Prashant Kishor’s candidate.
Questions are also raised about the training of the candidates.
If we look at the issue of education, none of Prashant Kishore’s four candidates have studied more than 12th. Kiran Devi and Mohammad Amjad are only the 10th pass while Jitendra Paswan and Sushil Kumar Singh Kushwaha are the 12th pass.
The reason for the fuss over Prashant Kishor’s selection of candidates is that during his campaign, he had raised questions about the growing criminalization in Bihar politics. Apart from this, he also mocked Tejashwi Yadav for having only the ninth pass. In such a situation, your candidates may have to face difficulties due to doubts arising about their criminal record and education. Parties can attack them.
What is Prashant Kishor’s side?
In this regard, Prashant Kishore clarified that his four candidates are not criminals nor are they associated with the sand mafia. He said that these people do not belong to any big political family and that their parents are neither MPs nor ministers. They all come from normal families. Apart from this, Prashant Kishore also said that the criterion for selecting the right people should not be whether they have big titles, but what the society considers right.
