Kishor had been sitting on fast-unto-death at Gandhi Maidan since January 2, demanding a re-test of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination prelims. He was produced before a court after being detained in the early hours of Monday, and sent to judicial custody after he refused to agree to the conditions of his bail.

Calling him a ‘tall leader’, Prashant Kishor said Tejashwi Yadav should have taken the lead in the BPSC protest instead of him

Prashant Kishor said that the protest was "above party politics", and invited Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav to join the students' movement.

Prashant Kishor joined the protesting students around 1 am amidst dense fog, expressing solidarity with their demand to cancel the BPSC examination.