Jan Suraj campaign News

With the latest technology at the disposal of political parties, many are going back to the old formula of mass contact through a yatra Rahul Gandhi, along with several other Congress leaders, embarked on a 3,570-km Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra last month Two more Yatras began on Sunday -- BJD's Jan Sampark Padayatra, and Prashant Kishor's padayatra within Bihar from West Champaran

Political strategist Prashant Kishor has begun a 3,500-kilometre long 'padayatra' on October 2 The yatra started from the Gandhi Ashram in Bihar's West Champaran dist on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary The Yatra is part of his 'Jan Suraj' campaign, which is widely seen as a precursor to his entry into politics Prashant Kishor on Sunday started his march from Bhitiharwa Gandhi Ashram, from where Mahatma Gandhi launched his first Satyagraha movement in 1917. He and his supporters will attempt to reach every panchayat and block of Bihar during the yatra, which is expected to take anywhere between 12 and 15 months to complete. Launching an attack on all the political parties that have ruled Bihar, Prashant Kishor said the condition of the state has not changed since 1990