Addressing the Brahmin community in Bihar's Mithila region, Jan Suraj Party founder Prashant Kishore raised questions on the community's political coordination with the BJP. He asked why despite historically having adequate political representation, the Brahmin community could not reach a better position economically. Kishor alleged that the BJP's Hindu communal politics, which keeps Muslims out of the electoral mathematics, has been detrimental to Brahmins.
Tezzbuzz Desk – Prashant Kishor in his speech said that Brahmin leaders in Bihar once had the support of Muslims, but they lost this support after siding with the BJP and alienating the community. He appealed to the Brahmin community to rethink their political strategy.
Kishor said, “Your ancestors had their support, but when you started roaming around carrying the BJP flag, this 20 per cent got snatched away from you. It went to the other side. Now you are playing rattles. How will you win? What fight do you have with the Muslims, but you are abusing them on Facebook by pretending to be a BJP person. The people whose votes used to make you the king have left him.”
He said that Brahmins call themselves intellectuals, but they should consider their political power and old social relations. Referring to the backward classes, he said that his ancestors had kept them with them.
Referring to Lord Parashuram, Prashant Kishore told the Brahmins that their real strength lay not in wielding an axe, but in holding a pen, reading books and maintaining their age-old tradition of scholarship. He said that his strength lies in taking the name of Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and wisdom.
Kishore said that instead of going on the path of weapons or destruction in the name of Parashurama, Brahmins should use their intelligence. He said, “This is not your nature. You are going on the path of destruction. Use your intelligence, your strength is intelligence and not agitation.”
While mentioning his political journey, Prashant Kishore also mentioned the Bankipur Assembly by-election. According to Election Commission data, Prashant Kishore defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Neeraj Kumar by more than 19 thousand votes. This by-election was necessitated by the resignation of MLA and BJP national president Nitin Naveen after becoming a Rajya Sabha MP.
Jan Suraj Party, contesting for the first time in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, had fielded candidates on 238 out of 243 seats in the state. However, the party was not successful in winning even a single seat. The party's 236 candidates could not even save their deposits, where they got less than one-sixth of the votes polled.