‘Bihar a failed state’: what Prashant Kishor said to the US state diaspora | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor termed Bihar as a ‘failed state’ considering its stand ‘on all development parameters’. Drawing a comparison with Sudan, he pointed out that the characteristics of such states are visible in the population, which “worries about who to shoot and where to capture.”
“The hallmarks of failed states are visible in the population here. For example… sometimes we think… why do people in Sudan fight in the civil war for twenty years. Because if you are in that failed state, then people We are not worried about the way our children will study in Sudan. They worry about who to shoot and where to capture them. So that is the situation in Bihar too. And we have to be aware of that,” he told the Bihari diaspora in the US.
“We must realize that this (Bihar) is a state that is in deep trouble. If Bihar were a country, it would be the eleventh largest country in the world by population. We have just overtaken Japan in terms of population,” he added.
The election strategist outlined key priorities for his party’s governance, with a strong emphasis on improving school education. Kishor said that if voted into power, his government would prioritize education reforms, with funding coming from the revenue generated by lifting the state-wide alcohol ban.
Kishor’s newly formed party, Jan Suraaj, suffered a significant setback in the first elections. She failed to secure one seat and could not maintain her deposits in three constituencies.
The party’s performance was disappointing, with the exception of Imamganj, where Jan Suraaj candidate Jitendra Paswan managed to secure over 22% of the votes. However, in the other three constituencies the party struggled to make an impact, marking a rocky start for Kishor’s political venture.