Prashant Kishor announces '3000 km' Bihar Padyatra from October 2

Political strategist Prashant Kishor announced a 3,000 km “padyatra” in Bihar, stating that he won’t be forming a political party as of now.

Announcing his decision of launching "Jan Suraj" poll campaign to the press, Kishor said that this Padyatra will be to uplift Bihar.

"I will start a 3000-km padyatra from West Champaran Gandhi Ashram on October 2 with the aim to cover most of Bihar," Prashant Kishor said.

"...We will reach out to people at their offices, knock on their doors to understand them, their issues and expectations," Kishor said in a press conference on Thursday.

Kishor also said that he would not launch a party right now "as is being speculated in a section of the media".

"I am going to talk to around 17,000-18,000 people, who are aware of the problems in Bihar and try to bring them on a single platform. We should be able to complete the process by August-September,” Kishor said.

"If they think that a political platform needs to be launched to achieve the desired goals, we will decide on the same then. However, it won't be Prashant Kishor's party, it will be the people's party,” the poll strategist said.

Kishor had recently refused Congress’ offer to join the party, saying that more than him, the party needed leadership and will to bring in reforms.

On Monday, Prashant Kishor caused ripples in Bihar politics with a cryptic tweet that it is time for him to go to the people to better understand their issues and the path of "Jan Suraj" (people's good governance).