Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday accepted full responsibility for the Jan Suraaj Party’s defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections, saying the campaign failed to bring about the “systemic change ” it had promised. Addressing a press conference at the party’s Pataliputra camp office, Kishor said he would observe a day-long silent fast at the Bidharva Gandhi Ashram on November 20 “as an act of atonement” for not meeting people’s expectations.

On party’s performance

“We came to Bihar three years ago with the pledge of systemic transformation,” Kishor said. “We made an honest attempt but did not succeed. This failure is entirely mine. I take full responsibility for it. We could not bring about change, not even regime change. The people did not repose faith in us; the fault lies i

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