Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday launched the ‘Bihar Navnirman Yatra’ from West Champaran, saying the campaign aims to rebuild and strengthen the organisation across the state.
Even after attracting
significant public attention, Jan Suraaj failed to win a single seat in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, where it contested 238 seats.
After launching the yatra, Kishor said, “The yatra will focus on rebuilding and strengthening the party’s organisation across the state to present an honest and accountable political alternative in Bihar.”
He said the party has continued its engagement with the public even after the Assembly elections and that the yatra will help expand and reorganise its grassroots network at the district level.
“To ensure that our Bihar Navnirman Abhiyan materialises seamlessly on the ground, I will spend some time in each district, and meet old associates and new aspiring ones to strengthen the party’s organisational structure,” Kishor said.
He said that during his yatra, the party will address the issue of a poll promise related to financial assistance for women under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana.
Under the scheme, the state government transferred Rs 10,000 each to 1.56 crore women in Bihar in multiple phases, with a large number receiving the amount ahead of the elections. The government has said the beneficiaries will later be eligible to receive up to Rs 2 lakh each to expand their businesses.
“Jan Suraj workers would reach households across the district to ensure that the benefit is delivered to women. Government’s failure to fulfil the commitment would indicate that the announcement was made only for electoral gains,” Kishor claimed.
The Bihar cabinet on January 29 cleared up to Rs 2 lakh in additional assistance for selected beneficiaries of the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana after a six-month review.
“The amount will be given in phases to the women entrepreneurs who will properly utilise the Rs 10,000 fund at the end of the assessment period,” a statement issued by the government noted.
(With inputs from PTI)
