After winning the Bankipur bypoll in August, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor is now facing calls from supporters for expansion, with its Delhi unit being discussed as a possible next step.
Demand for Jan Suraaj Party’s Delhi entry
The details were shared by Kumar Shantanu, a member of the party’s core committee, who teaches Botany at Delhi University’s Deshbandhu College. “There is a strong demand from people associated with Jan Suraaj in Delhi that the party establish a presence here. The proposed Delhi chapter would be the party’s first major organisational expansion outside Bihar, where its political activity has so far been focused.
He said any decision to enter electoral politics in Delhi would be taken after assessing the party’s prospects in the capital. Shantanu said leaders of other political parties had not been invited to the closed-door event, while anyone interested in joining Jan Suraaj Party would be welcome. Kumar Shantanu, a member of Jan Suraaj’s core committee, said supporters who identify with Kishor’s political vision have been pressing for a Delhi chapter. Earlier reporting noted: Additionally, any move towards contesting elections in the capital would follow an assessment of the party’s prospects here, he said.
Earlier reporting noted: The event is being organised by Biharis living in Delhi associated with the party. Supporters of Jan Suraaj in the national capital have been pressing for the party to establish a presence in the city, with a proposal likely to be raised with Kishor, the party’s founder, at a meeting on Sunday, news agency PTI reported. But tomorrow’s event is primarily about felicitating Kishor for his Bankipur victory,” Shantanu said, according to PTI. Any decision on whether Jan Suraaj will expand to Delhi, Shantanu said, rests with Kishor and the party leadership, PTI reported Earlier reporting noted: Jan Suraaj explores Delhi chapter as Prashant Kishor to be felicitated on Sunday for Bankipur win The Jan Suraaj Party is exploring a possible entry into Delhi politics, with supporters in the capital set to raise the proposal with founder Prashant Kishor when they felicitate him here on Sunday for his Bankipur bypoll victory.
