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These days, in the political circles of Bihar, the moves made by Jan Suraj Party founder and well-known strategist Prashant Kishore are being discussed the most. Recently, Prashant Kishore has made a huge political move to support the government teachers and employees of the state by strongly raising the issue of implementing the ‘7th Pay Commission’. This masterstroke of his has given sleepless nights to the ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA alliance. This announcement by Prashant Kishore has started a new ideological churning among the teachers and middle class employees who are traditionally vocal against the government. Political analysts believe that this strategy of PK is not just an election promise, but it is a deliberate preparation to directly break into the strong vote bank of the NDA government which has been determining the equations of power till now.
To strengthen its roots in the politics of Bihar, Jan Suraaj Party has prepared a special ‘Fixed Voter’ plan. Under this strategy, the party is focusing on connecting with those influential and organized sections of the state who play a decisive role during elections. The main objective of this strategy made by keeping teachers, youth and contractual workers at the center is to create a solid and ideological class of voters who will vote directly on the basis of development, administrative reforms and economic policies instead of any caste equation. Prashant Kishor is continuously trying to explain through his meetings and campaigns that unless the educated and aware section of the society is vocal about their rights, the basic problems of the state cannot be solved. This is the reason that by raising financial and sensitive issues like the 7th pay scale, he has woven a big net to favor the employees directly associated with the government system and their families.
After these issues related to populism and administrative reforms being continuously raised by Prashant Kishore, now the strategists of the NDA government are also in a state of confusion. On one hand, the government is already facing the challenge of mobilizing financial resources for development works and infrastructure, on the other hand, the pressure on the government has increased significantly due to the opposition and new political parties drawing public attention to such huge financial promises. Political experts say that if the government does not take any concrete steps on these demands, a large section of voters may get alienated from it, and if these demands are accepted in principle, it may put a huge economic burden on the state exchequer. NDA leaders are now trying to find a way to get out of this maze of Prashant Kishor and save their hold among the government employees from weakening.
As time is passing, the political scenario of Bihar is becoming very interesting and multi-angled. In comparison to the caste and emotional politics of traditional parties, the way Jan Suraj Party is aggressively raising grassroots issues, economic issues like employment, education and pay scale, a change is also being seen in the thinking of the general public. In the coming days, it will be very exciting to see how the ruling party responds to Prashant Kishor’s political move of 7th Pay Commission and whether this new formula of ‘Fix Voter’ succeeds in completely changing the political equations of Bihar or not.