Overview
- Prashant Kishor on Tuesday publicly challenged Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav to sit for their Class 10 matriculation exams together and clear the test.
- Kishor asked Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari to move a proposal in the next state cabinet meeting for the two leaders to take the exam at the same time.
- The jibe followed Tiwari’s remark that Yadav should clear his Class 10 before backing student protests, and reports note Yadav left school after failing Class 9.
- Kishor also pointed to questions about Choudhary’s past schooling, saying the chief minister’s 2010 election affidavit listed him as Class 7 pass even though later descriptions include a DLitt claim.
- The exchange uses basic schooling as a rhetorical test of political legitimacy tied to ongoing student unrest, and there is no reported acceptance or formal follow-up from Choudhary, Yadav or the state cabinet.