NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder and Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor hit back at Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary for calling him “bechara”, saying he was indeed a “bechara” as he had no option but to fight to rid Bihar of an “illiterate criminal like him.“Speaking to reporters in Saharsa, PK said that nobody had told Choudhary the literal meaning of the word “bechara”.“A ‘bechara’ is someone who has no options. We have no option but to take up our resolve to improve Bihar,” Kishor said.“I cannot leave Bihar in the hands of an ‘illiterate criminal’ like Samrat Choudhary. So, I am indeed a ‘bechara’ from that aspect,” he added.Kishor’s remarks came days after Choudhary responded to his repeated use of adjectives such as “anpadh” (uneducated) and “apradhi” (criminal) for the Bihar chief minister.During the campaign for the Bankipur bypoll, held after BJP national president Nitin Nabin vacated the seat, Kishor had urged voters to support him, saying his victory “would make Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah take note of the popular discontent with Samrat Choudhary”.
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Choudhary, in an interview with news agency ANI, had said that he had no personal grudge against anyone.“We don’t have personal grudges, and my personality is not to fight with anyone,” Choudhary said.“I have come to work for Bihar. Not for you, but for me. People fight till the Supreme Court against me. Let them fight. The court will decide. We will decide. Let the court do the work. The Constitution gives them the right to go to any court. There is no problem. We are not refusing anyone. That’s why I said, let whoever wants to speak, speak. We are here to work. We will work,” he added.Choudhary further said, “No one was talking about Lalu ji, Nitish ji, or Samrat Choudhary during the elections. When elections are over, everyone has the same target. It’s a good thing that everyone is loving Samrat Choudhary; what’s the problem?”
