"Bade Log Hain": Prashant Kishor On Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra

Prashant Kishor is on a padayatra in his home state Bihar, and was asked by journalists in Motihari about parallels if any, he saw between his own effort and the marathon march of Mr Gandhi.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on Saturday won grudging praise, couched in sarcasm, from political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor.

The IPAC founder, who is on a padayatra in his home state Bihar, was asked by journalists in Motihari about parallels if any, he saw between his own effort and the marathon march of Mr Gandhi.

"Bade log hain (they are big people). Compared with them, I am a nobody," said Mr Kishor whose 'Jan Suraaj' campaign in Bihar came after a lengthy round of failed negotiations with the top leadership of the Congress, which he had wanted to join and was confident of reviving using his professional skills.

"Rahul Gandhi is on a 3,500 km-long march. For me, kilometers do not matter. I have been walking non-stop since October. But I do not want to show it off as evidence of my physical fitness," Mr Kishor remarked, with thinly veiled sarcasm.