PATNA: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor was stopped by police when he tried to launch his party’s signature campaign from Kalyan Bigha in Nalanda district, the native village of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, on Sunday.
Kishor had a verbal duel with sub-divisional officer, who was heading the team. “Do I need your permission to enter the village? How can you prevent me from entering the village? If you don’t allow me, you have to give it in wring,” Prashant Kishor told the sub-divisional officer.
He asserted that he was not violating law. “Is there any law-and-order issue at the village? People accompanying me are law abiding citizens. Some of them are more qualified than you,” Kishor said, adding that if you give in writing the reason for preventing me, you will lose your job.
The officer, however, did not allow Jan Suraaj Party founder to enter the village, citing law and order as reason. “Had I any ulterior motive, I would have stopped you at Biharsharif itself. I have received reports about law-and-order issues in the village,” he told Kishor.
Later, Kishor returned to Biharsharif where he addressed a public meeting. District administration, in a statement, said that Jan Suraaj Party had sought permission for holding a meeting at Biharsharif and not at Kalyan Bigha.
Jan Suraaj Party had earlier announced that it would launch signature campaign from Nalanda district on May 18 to get feedback from people on execution of various government schemes.