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Who is Prashant Kishor?

Prashant Kishor is a political strategist and business tactician. Kishor has worked as a political strategist for BJP, INC, AAP, YSRCP , DMK and TMC. Prashant Kishor is a sought-after Indian election strategist. He came to the fore when his political campaign to help then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was successful in the 2012 Assembly Elections.Kishor initially worked with the United Nations for eight years as he was trained in public health before entering Indian politics. After the 2014 elections, he parted roads with Modi and worked with Nitish Kumar in 2015 to help him win a third term as Bihar Chief Minister in the 2015 Assembly Elections. The Congress party hired him for the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections. Kishor was appointed as an advisor of All India Trinamool Congress for the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and as DMK strategist for Tamil Nadu elections.
 
Campaign for Modi
 
The 44-year-old strategist gained public attention when he created the election campaign group Citizens for Accountable Governance (CAG), which helped the Bharatiya Janata Party win the 2014 Lok Sabha election with an absolute majority.
 
He came up with innovative advertising campaigns for PM Modi, such as Chai pe Charcha, 3D rallies, Run for Unity, Manthan, and other social media programmes.
 
Post-2014 Lok Sabha elections
 
Post-2014, he converted CAG into Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC). Along with Bihar, Kishor and his I-PAC team worked with Captain Amarinder Singh in Punjab, YSRCP's Jagan Mohan Reddy in Andhra Pradesh.
 
Till now, the only time his strategy did not work has been the 2017 Uttar Pradesh election when he worked with Indian National Congress.
 
He was also the strategist for the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election where the party was able to win with a majority of 62 out of 70 seats in 2020.
 
Currently, he's working with DMK's MK Stalin in Tamil Nadu and AITC's Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal.
 
Joining parties
 
In 2018, Kishor joined Janata Dal (United) but was expelled in 2020 for criticising Nitish Kumar's supportive stand on Citizenship Amendment Act. Kishor was appointed as an advisor of All India Trinamool Congress for the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. His astute strategy helped TMC again form the government. In the same year, DMK chief M K Stalin signed up Kishor as a party strategist for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, in which the party won 159 seats and Stalin was election the chief minister for the first time.
 
In March 2021, Kishor was appointed as the principal advisor to Amarinder Singh at a fee of Re 1 and given the status equivalent to a Cabinet Minister. The Punjab Assembly Elections are scheduled to be held in 2022.

Prashant Kishor's retirement as political strategy

After the win of TMC and DMK in 2021 assembly polls, Prashant Kishor declared that he was quitting as an election strategist. In an interview with some new channels, Kishor said, "I do not want to continue what I am doing. I have done enough. Time for me to take a break and do something else in life. I want to quit this space."

Latest Updates on Prashant Kishor

Speaking virtually to the Bihari diaspora after inaugurating the US chapter of Jan Suraaj, the former Kishore expressed confidence in his party's chances of winning the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections

Updated On: 25 Nov 2024 | 11:01 AM IST

Prashant Kishor said that 10 state governments currently employ his strategies, while adding that he has ample resources to fund his campaign needs in Bihar

Updated On: 02 Nov 2024 | 3:32 PM IST

The I-PAC founder, whose first claim to fame was his handling of Modi's spectacular Lok Sabha polls campaign of 2014, made the scathing attack on the PM at a public meeting

Updated On: 02 Oct 2024 | 7:30 PM IST

The party was floated exactly two years after Kishor had embarked on a more than 3,000-km-long 'padayatra' of the state, from Champaran

Updated On: 02 Oct 2024 | 11:39 PM IST

The IPAC founder, who hopes to take the political landscape in Bihar by storm, disclosed his strategy here in reply to queries from journalists about his plans to shore up resources for the new party

Updated On: 27 Aug 2024 | 6:55 PM IST

On Sunday, the process of party formation began with the first of the eight office bearers' convention before the official launch of the party on Oct 2, Prashant Kishor added

Updated On: 29 Jul 2024 | 8:52 PM IST

Prashant Kishor's coming involvement in the Bihar assembly elections represents a full circle, as he was the strategist of Nitish Kumar's 2015 victory against the BJP in the state

Updated On: 29 Jul 2024 | 3:34 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poised to win 239, NDA 290, while INDIA bloc leads in 235 seats, others in 18

Updated On: 04 Jun 2024 | 7:44 PM IST

Exit polls 2024: Five poll agencies predict a resounding victory for BJP, with two expected the party to meet its 400-mark

Updated On: 01 Jun 2024 | 10:42 PM IST

Prominent political analysts offer differing forecasts for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, highlighting potential outcomes for BJP and the Congress

Updated On: 30 May 2024 | 4:06 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections: Political strategist Prashant Kishor has outlined several projections for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, including his belief that the BJP will return to power on June 4

Updated On: 21 May 2024 | 2:34 PM IST

It is said elections are fought on emotions and they are an art more than science, but the rise of poll strategists would suggest otherwise

Updated On: 17 Apr 2024 | 1:59 PM IST

Poll strategist said former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has been 'unsuccessfully' running the party for the last 10 years

Updated On: 08 Apr 2024 | 1:26 PM IST

Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Saturday termed as "excessive" the two years' imprisonment awarded to Rahul Gandhi

Updated On: 25 Mar 2023 | 3:01 PM IST

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 Gandhi

Updated On: 07 Jan 2023 | 11:18 PM IST

Kishor said, "Nitish has announced to contest elections under Tejashwi's leadership. He has accepted the fact that the election cannot be won on his face or by his party JD(U) "

Updated On: 17 Dec 2022 | 6:53 PM IST

Political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Friday claimed that BJP's victory in the recently held Kurhani bypoll was a reflection of people's anger against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Updated On: 09 Dec 2022 | 11:00 PM IST

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will be gheraoed if he fails to fulfil his promise of providing '1 mn govt jobs' to youths of the state, political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor has said

Updated On: 20 Nov 2022 | 10:01 AM IST

'The CM, during his Independence Day speech at Gandhi Maidan, had promised that the grand alliance government aimed at providing jobs to 10 lakh people in the government sector'

Updated On: 19 Nov 2022 | 11:22 PM IST

Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Friday launched a stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issues of price rise and lack of industrial development

Updated On: 21 Oct 2022 | 7:48 PM IST