Prashant Kishor raised illegal funds through fraud: BJP

Prashant Kishor raised hundreds of crores of rupees through shell companies

• More than Rs 370 crore have come from West Bengal, where he had worked for Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in the 2021 assembly elections.
• Besides that, Prashant Kishor is getting huge funds from states like Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, alleges BJP’s state media-in-charge Danish Iqbal.
• BJP’s remark comes after Prashant Kishor questioned the academic credentials of senior BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.

BJP’s Bihar unit describes Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj party as “political startup based on fraud

• BJP’s Bihar unit on Saturday described Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj party as a “political startup based on fraud” and accused the former strategist-turned politician of raising “hundreds of crores of rupees” through “shell companies”.
• This remark comes as a retaliation after Prashant Kishor questioned the academic credentials of senior BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.
• BJP’s state media-in-charge Danish Iqbal accused Prashant Kishor of indirectly helping the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan and questioned, "Why is his party is still receiving funds from States ruled by INDIA bloc parties which had sought his professional help during elections."
• More than ₹370 crore have come from West Bengal, where he had worked for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in the 2021 assembly polls. Besides, Kishor is getting huge funds from states like Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka," Danish Iqbal alleged.
• Kishor is paving the way for the return of Jungal Raj in Bihar. His Jan Suraaj is a political start-up based on fraud. He is raising hundreds of crores through dozens of shell companies, in which his family members and relatives of his party's national president Udai Singh are associated. His party also collected more than Rs 50 crore from those who are interested in contesting polls in 243 assembly seats in the state", Danish Iqbal claimed.
• “Kishor has been totally exposed and people will teach him a lesson in the upcoming assembly polls in the State,” Danish Iqbal said.

What did Prashant Kishor say that riled up BJP’s Bihar unit?

• The Jan Suraaj party founder Prashant Kishor on Friday (19th September) questioned how Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary possessed a D-litt degree without clearing his class 10 exams.
• Choudhary, who is a master in changing his names, was accused in a murder case in 1998, but was later released as he turned out to be a minor. He also claims that he possesses a D-Litt from California University in USA. But when did he pass his class 10th exam? He did not," Prashant Kishor had said.

Editor’s Note

• With the Bihar BJP riled up from Prashant Kishor’s comment on Bihar Deputy Chief Minister’s academic credentials, it can be said that the retaliation of accusing Prashant Kishor of raising illegal funds through fraud is not based on evidence. It will be interesting to see how the story develops from now on, as onlookers will keep an eye on the developments in Bihar during the leading up to the assembly elections.
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