Responding to questions about his party's funding, Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor said money "comes to me by virtue of my intellect". "All that I have earned, I owe to my intellect (buddhi)," he stated. Notably, JD(U) spokesperson and MLC Neeraj Kumar had claimed that Jan Suraaj party is financed by a Bengaluru-based "charitable" organisation.