India, Aug. 15 -- Union minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday asserted that he was in "support" of the brand of politics done by Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor who "talks about development" instead of trying to mobilise people along religious and caste lines.

The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief made a statement to the effect while talking to reporters at his party office here, after hoisting the Tricolour on Independence Day.

The NDA partner was asked about Kishor's stunning victory in the recently held by-poll to Bankipur assembly seat in Bihar, a BJP bastion which has been given up by the party's national president Nitin Nabin, who is now a Rajya Sabha MP.

Paswan replied: "I do support the type of politics Prashant ji do...