Overview

• At a Patna briefing, Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor named Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, Health Minister Mangal Pandey, Rural Works Minister Ashok Choudhary, and BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal in fresh graft and misrepresentation allegations.
• Kishor cited a Bihar School Examination Board affidavit stating that “Samrat Kumar Maurya” failed the matriculation exam with 234 marks, and he questioned the deputy chief minister’s later claim of a D.Litt from a California university.
• He alleged Ashok Choudhary’s family and a related Manav Vaibhav Vikas Trust acquired roughly Rs 200 crore in land in recent years, pointing to specific 2022 purchases and claimed bank transfers involving the minister’s wife.
• He claimed Rs 2.12 crore was deposited into a Punjab National Bank account held by Mangal Pandey’s wife in 2019–2020 and accused Sanjay Jaiswal of benefiting from inflated municipal fuel billing tied to a family petrol pump.
• JD(U) leaders emphasized Nitish Kumar’s zero‑tolerance image and urged the accused to respond, while Bihar BJP figures alleged Jan Suraaj is a fraudulent “political startup” moving hundreds of crores through shell and proxy companies and questioned the party’s declared spending.