PK’s party is being launched ... What are the key faces, agenda, challenges?

PK Jan Suraj Party: Strategist turned politician Prashant Kishor (PK) is going to launch his party. Meanwhile assembly elections are due in the Bihar next year. In such a situation, what will be the picture of PK's party, who will be the key faces and how and how much space will this new party be able to make in the state's politics .

PK new party agenda

In the while Prashant Kishor party is making the state's problems, from migration and unemployment to backwardness, an issue. PK himself has been saying that we will not only tell the problems but also the solutions. His party's agenda can be understood in these points.

Liquor ban and education

Though Prashant Kishor has talked about ending liquor ban within 15 minutes after coming to power. PK has said that the revenue income from liquor will be spent on education. PK is vocal about liquor ban.

Migration, poverty and employment

PK's party is making migration and poverty an issue. PK is talking about employment guarantee to stop migration. He had also said in a Jan Suraj event in Patna that no one will need to go out of Bihar for a job of 10 to 12 thousand. We will provide employment opportunities of up to this amount to the youth here.

Blueprint for development

Meanwhile talking  about bringing the roadmap of Jan Suraj for the development of Bihar by February. PK has said that 10 economists are working on it. Taking a jibe at Nitish Kumar's statement on potatoes and sand, he said that sugarcane fields are in Bihar itself, then why are the sugar mills closed. This is being considered an indication that PK's party's agenda also includes revival of closed industries for development

Focus on panchayats

Large population of Bihar lives in villages. The villages have lagged far behind in the race of development and now PK has shifted his focus to the development of villages. PK's focus is on panchayats. PK is talking about reaching all the 8500 panchayats of the state through padyatra.

Key faces of PK's party

The Jan Suraj party has people from every section of society, including leaders as well as former officials. Talking about the big faces associated with Jan Suraj, many big leaders from DP Yadav, who has been a minister at the Center, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Chhedi Paswan, former MP Purnamasi Ram to Monazir Hasan, have joined Jan Suraj. More than a hundred former IAS and IPS officers are associated with the party.

What are the challenges?

Strong regional parties like Lalu Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) already have a strong base, there are also national parties like BJP and Congress. The parties of leaders like Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Chirag Paswan, Pashupati Paras, Mukesh Sahni as well as the Left are also present. In such a situation, it is not going to be so easy for a new party to gain a foothold in Bihar politics.

Caste politics

Bihar politics has been entangled in the mathematics of castes. Yadavs and Muslims are the core voters of Lalu's party, while Luv-Kush (Kurmi-Kushwaha) are the core voters of Nitish's party. Paswan supports Chirag's party and the Musahar community supports Jitan Ram Manjhi's party. Upendra Kushwaha is the leader of the Kushwaha community, while Mukesh Sahni is of the fisherman or Nishad community. There is one party of each caste. In such a situation, caste politics is going to be challenging for PK's party.

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Women vote bank

Due to liquor ban, Nitish and his party have been getting good support among women voters irrespective of caste and class sentiments. This is the reason that whenever such an impression is formed about Nitish Kumar and his party that now their politics is on the decline, then they come back strongly. In such a situation, PK will also face the challenge of bringing the women vote bank with him.

Credibility

Whether it is JDU led by Nitish Kumar or RJD led by Lalu Yadav, the credibility of these parties is much higher. These parties have been in power and have also worked. What they did right and what they did wrong is a different matter. But PK's party is a new player in the field of politics. It still has to create space for itself, credibility.

Proving it to be a different kind of party

PK ​​is constantly saying that the new party will be different from others, while his party is also focusing on people from every field. From former officers to people active in social service, PK's party is focusing on bringing together ordinary people and making them leaders. But many leaders and workers of other parties have also joined or are joining Jan Suraj. In such a situation, one challenge will be to prove oneself as a different kind of party.

PK's party talks about vision but it can be made a reality only when we get a chance. To get a chance, it is important to gain the trust of the people. Now, only the results of Bihar elections will tell.