Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor, in his first reaction after the party’s drubbing in the recently-concluded Bihar Assembly polls, took a ‘maun upvas’ (vow of silence) for “failing to change the government”. Kishor, while speaking to the media, took full responsibility for the party’s poor performance.
“We tried very positively from our end. We failed to change this government. We tried a lot from our end, but it seems we failed somewhere. I take all the blame on myself as I failed to let people understand. We will do our introspection. I am sorry I failed in our efforts. I will be on a ‘maun upvas’ (vow of silence) for a day,” the poll strategist-turned politician said.
Kishor’s party contested 238 of the state’s 243 Assembly seats but failed to win any of them, although it did begin the day with leads in four constituencies. However, by the end of the day, the Jan Suraaj was wiped out.
“We made an honest effort, but it was completely unsuccessful. There’s no harm in admitting this. Forget about systemic change; we couldn’t even bring about a change in power. But we certainly played some role in changing Bihar’s politics. There must have been some mistake in our efforts, in our thinking, in the way we explained that the public had not elected us. If the public did not show faith in us, then the responsibility for that is completely mine,” he said.