Gov. Nitish Kumar in the grip of retired Babus: Prashant Kishor

“The CM is in the grip of these baboos,” said Prashant Kishor (File)

Patna:

Political strategist and activist Prashant Kishor on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, alleging that the state government was “led by four retired bureaucrats” and that the CM was “in the clutches of these former Darling“.

Addressing a press conference here, three days before he was to launch his own political party, he vowed to oust the JD(U) president from power.

Kishor accused Bihar’s longest-serving chief minister of running his government through a handful of ‘retired bureaucrats’.

He also claimed that the 2025 Assembly elections in Bihar would be fought on the issue of ‘three S’ i.e.Sarab‘ (liquor), ‘survey’ (land) and ‘smart meter’ and claimed that these issues would prove to be the “final nail in the coffin for the current regime”.

“The Nitish Kumar government is led by four retired bureaucrats. The CM is in the grip of these baboos. Neither Kumar nor these bureaucrats are aware of the problems the people are facing. Kumar has changed now. He has lost his morality and is only interested in securing the chief minister’s seat,” Kishor alleged.

His ‘Jan Suraj’ initiative will become a political party on October 2.

“If we form the government after the 2025 Assembly elections in Bihar, we will end liquor ban within an hour,” he said, adding that “the existing prohibition law in the state is fake”.

The state is incurring a “loss of nearly Rs 20,000 crore every year” while the “liquor mafia and officials continue to make money from illegal trade,” Kishor said.

Chief Jan Suraj said he would continue to speak out against the policy and was not afraid of losing women’s votes.

“Whether I get votes from women or not, I will continue to speak out against the liquor ban as it is not in the interest of Bihar,” he said.

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