Prashant Kishor promises 10,000 private jobs for Bankipur youth in two years

Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who was recently elected as the Bankipur MLA in Bihar, on Tuesday announced that he would facilitate private jobs for at least 10,000 youths from his assembly segment over the next two years.

Kishor was elected MLA in a by-election to the Bankipur assembly seat, which fell vacant after BJP president Nitin Nabin resigned following his election to the Rajya Sabha.

He said he would use his contacts across the country to help qualified youth find employment in different parts of India.


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Addressing a gathering in Bankipur, Kishor said, "If your children are educated yet unemployed, bring their CVs to our office. We will arrange jobs for at least 10,000 of them within the next two years. Through the big contacts I have, and the people I have helped in the past, I will make sure they get job in different parts of the country."

Kishor said he would facilitate jobs within Bihar once the Jan Suraaj Party comes to power, but "for the time being, you will have to settle for jobs both within and outside the state".

The Bankipur MLA also said he would work to improve the education system and provide food grains and social security pensions to those in need.

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"Within a year, the quality of education in government schools will be improved to an extent that people will enrol their children in those institutions. If it does not happen, the responsibility of getting them enrolled in private schools and paying fees will fall on Prashant Kishor," the Jan Suraaj founder said.

Kishor also condemned police action against protesting students at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and in Jharkhand.

"Lathi charge occurred in both New Delhi and Jharkhand, but the governments cannot intimidate the youth with the fear of lathis. There is an undercurrent force which, if problems are not solved in due time, will keep spreading," Kishor said.

(With PTI inputs)