Overview
- Tej Pratap Yadav said he held an in-depth discussion with Prashant Kishor on public interest and changing political equations, and he posted a short video of their meeting that quickly spread online.
- Neither side announced a pact, and both cast the meeting as exploratory counsel after their parties failed to win seats in the last Bihar assembly elections.
- Tej Pratap, expelled from the RJD last year, launched the Janshakti Janata Dal and finished third in Mahua as his new party drew a blank across the state.
- Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party contested most constituencies yet failed to open its account, and he has been touring Bihar while saying he does not want tie-ups with other parties.
- Kishor blamed the NDA’s promise of Rs 10,000 for women entrepreneurs for Jan Suraaj’s poor showing and said the ruling coalition returned to power through the backdoor.