Patna: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced the launch of his political outfit Jan Suraaj Party, a much-anticipated move by which he hopes to take the political landscape in Bihar by storm.

The party was launched at Veterinary College Ground in the state capital in presence of many renowned figures, including former Union minister Devendra Prasad Yadav, diplomat-turned-politician Pavan Varma and ex-MP Monazir Hassan.

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The party was floated exactly two years after Kishor had embarked on a more than 3,000-km-long 'padayatra' of the state, from Champaran where Mahatma Gandhi had launched the first Satyagraha in the country, in a bid to mobilise the people for a "new political alternative" that could cure Bihar of its chronic backwardness. 

"Chant 'Jai Bihar' so loud that...": Prashant Kishor ahead of launch of Jan Suraaj

Ahead of the launch of Jan Suraaj as a political party, its founder and election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Wednesday asked the people to raise the 'Jai Bihar' slogan so loud that the voice reaches Delhi, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu wherever Bihari children were being "abused and beaten."

"You all need to say 'Jai Bihar' so loud that no one calls you and your children 'Bihari' and it feels like abuse. Your voice must reach Delhi. It must reach Bengal, where students from Bihar were beaten. It must reach Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Bombay wherever Bihari children were abused and beaten," Prashant Kishor said. (Agencies)