Bihar: Prashant Kishor postpones Jan Suraj Yatra after suffering muscle strain

Addressing a press conference at Morva, Samastipur, Kishor said the padyatra will start from June 11 as he recovers from the health issue

Samastipur: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor has postponed his Jan Suraj Padyatra for about a month after he suffered a muscle tear during the ongoing foormarch in Smastipur area of Bihar, he said on Monday. The padyatra will start from June 11 as Kishor recovers from the health issue. Addressing a press conference at Morva, Samastipur, Kishore said that he is having difficulty in walking due to torn muscle of his left leg.

He said that the doctor has said that the muscle tear has happened due to consistently walking 20-25 kms daily on bad roads during the ongoing Jan Suraj yatra. “The doctor has advised that the feet should be given rest for 15-20 days, so the padyatra has to be postponed,” the IPAC president said. “Due to walking about 20 to 25 kilometers everyday on the bad roads of Bihar, I have developed a strain in my leg,” he added.

“When my health will be fine, I will start my journey once again from 11th June. The doctor has advised rest. They say that the muscle in my left leg is torn because of the bad roads,'' Kishor Prashant Kishor said. Kishor was in Samastipur for the last two days. But sources said that he complained of a muscle tear and later consulted a doctor.

Kishor was appointed by JDU as its political strategist in Sept. 2018. On 29 Jan. 2020, Prashant Kishor parted ways with JDU after differences with Nitish Kumar. At the beginning of his career, he worked in the United Nations for about 8 years. Kishore is currently on Jan Suraj yatra in the villages of Bihar since Gandhi Jayanti 2 Oct. 2022.

He has so far covered a distance of more than 2500 km walking from West Champaran via Shivhar, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali and entered Samastipur district on 11th May.