Prashant Kishore called Deputy CM Emperor Chaudhary a ‘age thief’. In response, BJP accused Kishore’s colleague Uday Singh of hiding his age in electoral affidavits. This allegation has launched a new political debate on the ‘age scam’ before the Bihar elections.
As the Bihar assembly elections 2025 are getting closer, the period of allegations and counter-allegations is also getting fast. Jan Suraj Party founder Prashant Kishore has once again attacked the BJP and its leaders. He accused Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary that he had registered a wrong age in documents to prove himself a minor in a 1995 murder case. Kishore said that Emperor Chaudhary is a “age thief” and this truth should come in front of the people of Bihar.
BJP retaliation
The BJP has hit back on this statement of Prashant Kishore. BJP media chief Danish Iqbal said on Tuesday, “PK Rose calls Samrat Chaudhary as an age thief, but when he was alleging this, Uday Singh alias Pappu, who was sitting next to him, is the oldest thief of Bihar himself.”
Danish Iqbal alleged that Uday Singh has described his date of birth in different electoral affidavits and documents. He has also shared a picture of it on Facebook. He taunted, “Pappu Singh was 44 years old in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, and he became 57 in 2009. That is, he grew 13 years old in 5 years. Which Shilajit was eaten?”
Election commission should take action
The BJP spokesperson even said that the Election Commission should intervene in this matter and should be investigated against Uday Singh and send him to jail. He said that Prashant Kishore should also answer why the president of his party manipulates so much in age.
‘Age scam vs’ corruption scam’
Significantly, Prashant Kishore has been continuously accusing Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary and other BJP leaders of corruption and documents disturbances for the past several days. At the same time, BJP has tried to raise the issue of “age scam” and try to put PK and his party in the dock.
New issue in election summer
In Bihar politics, corruption, unemployment and caste equations have been big electoral issues till now. But this time the ‘age’ of the leaders also seems to be the center of debate. It will now be seen how much this ‘age rust’ started between Prashant Kishore and BJP affects the electoral fray.