Overview

• Jan Suraaj Party chief Prashant Kishor said the BJP is moving toward harder positions and defended his framing in a new ANI interview.
• He argued that Atal Bihari Vajpayee represented ‘soft Hindutva’ compared with L. K. Advani, and that Narendra Modi is viewed as harder than Advani.
• In a widely shared clip, he told a crowd that voters may later consider Modi ‘tolerable’ next to a future leader he cast as more hardline.
• He cited this as a trajectory rather than a single moment, predicting BJP leadership could appear tougher over the next 10 to 15 years.
• Times Now reported he made the remarks at a Muslim conference in Bihar before clarifying his intent, and he is identified as the founder of Jan Suraaj Party.