Amid a political row over Congress calling Rahul Gandhi “Jan Nayak”, a title linked to Bihar’s socialist icon Karpuri Thakur, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that such titles are “earned through people’s work, not through the drums of the court”.

While wishing the people on the Chhath Puja, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “We also gave the title of Loknayak to a leader, Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan, under whose leadership we worked. This title is earned through work, not through the Darbaris of the court.”

The BJP is targeting the Congress and Rahul Gandhi after the ‘Jan Nayak title controversy.

Earlier, Union Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi said on Monday that the title of “Jan Nayak” cannot be self-assumed but must be best

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