Prashant Kishor

Kishor also underscored that the Congress did not seem to be well prepared to reach out to the masses with the message that it has been wronged.

Nitish Kumar had in August also asserted that the new government would like to exceed the employment generation target.

Kishor, who is on a 3,500-km-long "padayatra" of the state, said similar people's polls will be held in all districts of the state based on which the next course of action will be decided.

The foot march entered Telangana on October 23 and the Telangana leg would conclude on Monday, sources said.

Speaking to reporters in Sitab Diara, the birthplace of socialist icon Jayaprakash Narayan, Kumar claimed that Kishor was working for the BJP.

Kishor launched an online poll on his official Twitter handle, asking users to vote yes or no, to his query, in Hindi.

Addressing his supporters in Samastipur on Wednesday, Kishor, once a confidant of Kumar, also claimed that the RJD-JD(U)-Congress government does not enjoy the support of people.

Prashant Kishor, once considered a close confidant of Kumar, said the impact of the political developments in Bihar will remain limited to the state at present.

What sets I-PAC apart is its vast network of foot soldiers, or field workers, and the ability to glean a thorough understanding of issues on the ground. With targets for each constituency in a state, volunteers go straight to the village and booth level to enrich I-PAC’s insights into the social and political ecosystem.

While addressing a gathering, as a part of his 'Jan Suraaj' campaign, in Hajipur in Vaishali district on Monday, Mr Kishor, said, “The enforcement of liquor ban has totally failed in Bihar. Despite Bihar being a dry state, those who want can easily get liquor here. Therefore, prohibition in the Bihar has been a complete failure.”

On a tour in Bihar villages, Kishor, with folded hands, predicted that the Congress party would go down and take everyone with it

Singh’s Rajya Sabha term ends on July 7. Singh has to get elected to either the Rajya Sabha or the Lok Sabha in six months to continue as a Union minister. Singh must now be regretting that day in 2021, when he allegedly included his name in the JD(U) list for a cabinet berth, without consulting Nitish Kumar

The political strategist predicted an “impending electoral rout” for the Congress in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections, scheduled to be held later this year

In an interview with PTI ahead of the party's three-day 'Chintan Shivir' starting in Rajasthan's Udaipur on Friday, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was among the 23 leaders who wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi for an organizational overhaul in 2020, exuded confidence that the brainstorming session would throw up solutions to all the issues facing the party.

At the three-day Chintan Shivir scheduled to be held in Udaipur later this week, party leaders from across the country will discuss internal issues confronting it and come up with solutions to galvanise the organisation.

The strategist said in the next 3-4 months "I'll meet many eminent persons of Bihar who can help build idea of ‘Jan Suraaj’ (good governance) and make them part of it."

Kishor’s tweet came a week after he declined a Congress offer to come on board as a member of a committee that would work on the 2024 general elections.

Jakhar had criticised former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and termed him a liability for the party after the Congress lost to the Aam Aadmi Party in the recently-held assembly polls. Former Union Minister KV Thomas' presence at a seminar organised by the CPI(M) on April 9 had annoyed many leaders in Kerala.

Prashant Kishor became aware over time that the Congress would never completely accept him.

The setting up of empowered group was announced by the Congress on April 25, following a series of meetings between Kishor and senior leaders including party's interim president Sonia Gandhi.