19-05-2025
Purnia ex-MP joins Jan Suraaj, becomes 1st national president
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Patna: Two-time former
Purnia MP
Uday Singh
joined the
Jan Suraaj
of
Prashant Kishor
, aka PK, on Monday. He was also appointed the first national president of the political party, which is preparing to contest all 243 seats in the assembly elections due later this year.
This comes a day after former Union minister and ex-JD(U) national president RCP Singh joined hands with PK on Sunday.
Kishor said the party's state core committee unanimously elected Uday as the national president. "Uday will strengthen the Jan Suraaj campaign. Now that the responsibility of running the party will be on senior and experienced leaders like Uday Singh and RCP Singh, I will set out on a 120-day 'Bihar Badlaav Yatra' from JP's birthplace Sitabdiara from Tuesday," he said.
Uday, who won the Purnia Lok Sabha seat in 2004 and 2009 polls, said Jan Suraaj is the party of the people of Bihar, "Prashant ji has made tireless efforts in the last three years to set up this entire system. The party will give a better political option to the people of Bihar," said Uday, the younger brother of retired bureaucrat and former Rajya Sabha member NK Singh.
It may be a coincidence but PK, a former poll strategist with many successful campaigns for different political leaders, including CM Nitish Kumar in Bihar and Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, is preparing a team with leaders from electorally significant castes on top of its hierarchy. Himself a Brahmin, PK has made Uday, a prominent Rajput leader of Seemanchal the national president and Manoj Bharti belonging to dalit community, his party president.
RCP is a Kurmi by caste.
