Prashant Kishor challenges RJD to field 40 muslim candidates in Bihar Assembly elections
Pata: Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor on Sunday accused the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of exploiting the Muslim community as a vote bank in Bihar elections. Kishor challenged the RJD to allocate assembly seats to Muslim candidates proportionate to their population in the state, demanding at least 40 Vidhan Sabha seats for the community.
Kishor criticised the RJD for not offering adequate electoral opportunities to Muslims, despite claiming to work for their welfare. He declared that his party, Jan Suraaj, would secure a victory in the 2025 assembly elections, with plans to field 243 candidates, including 40 women.
He emphasised that under his party's governance, economic opportunities would prevent the youth from leaving Bihar for low-paying jobs, and women would receive financial support for employment initiatives.
The Bihar assembly elections are anticipated to take place in October-November 2025.
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Put petty politics aside; it's not about one party, but India: Rahul on TMC's loss in polls
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy.
Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC, which has been trounced by the BJP in the polls, and urged those gloating over the loss of Mamata Banerjee's party to put petty politics aside.
"Some in the Congress, and others, are gloating about TMC's loss.They need to understand this clearly - the theft of Assam and Bengal's mandate is a big step forward by the BJP in its mission to destroy Indian democracy," Gandhi said in a post on X.
"Put petty politics aside. This is not about one party or another. This is about India," he said in his post.
The BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from power in Bengal and captured power for the third time in a row in Assam in results of assembly polls declared on Monday.
