Nitish government is led by four ex-bureaucrats, CM under their influence, claims Prashant Kishor

“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 bogus.”

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.

Kishor also said that Kumar was holding on to power as if he had applied glue to his seat and that the BJP, as his ally, was the victim of his ‘misrule’ just as the Congress was also ‘responsible for Lalu’s jungle raj’.

“If RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar are responsible for the destruction of Bihar, Congress and BJP should be equally blamed. Both parties have supported Lalu and Nitish respectively in the last few years,” he said. .

“It seems the link between Nitish Kumar and the CM’s chair is unbreakable – irrespective of any alliance. Kumar has applied Fevicol on the CM’s chair, keeping him intact,” Kishor added.

Kishor claimed that he had advised Kumar not to become CM even though his party had won only 42 seats in the last Assembly elections.

“But Nitish Kumar accepted the offer and became CM. This is the bond he has with the CM chairman,” he said.

He criticized both the RJD and Kumar’s JD(U) for “harming the interests” of Bihar.

“The people of Bihar have been witnessing both for 30 years. Now I am confident that we will win in Bihar in the Assembly elections next year. We will achieve a comprehensive victory…If our party gets just a majority vote in the elections, If the 243-member assembly gets 10 to 15 seats more than the majority, it will be a defeat for us. I will accept my defeat. We want a comprehensive victory.

Kishor said the BJP will face a “humiliating defeat in the upcoming polls as the saffron party is witnessing a leadership crisis in Bihar.”

“People don’t know who the current BJP chief is. Less than ten percent of citizens can recognize him by his face,” he added.