Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor Meets Mamata Banerjee Again Amid Appointment Speculations

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 28, 2019

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor met Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee for the second time in a month on Thursday, fuelling speculation that he might take a lead role in preparing the party's strategy for the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls.

"Move On": Reprieve For Prashant Kishor In Nitish Kumar's Words To Media

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday June 10, 2019

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's number two in the party, Prashant Kishor, is about to offer his top-rated poll-winning consultancy to Mamata Banerjee.

Asked To Explain Mamata Banerjee Contract, What Prashant Kishor Said

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday June 10, 2019

The much expected explanation from Prashant Kishor about signing up to help Mamata Banerjee with her election campaign, did not materialise as Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United held its national executive meeting on Sunday.

BJP Takes Aim At "Student" Prashant Kishor Vs "Principal" Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 8, 2019

Taking a dig at TMC chief Mamata Banerjee for engaging election strategist Prashant Kishor for the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls, the BJP said he is not a "bigger" strategist than its president Amit Shah.

"He'll Explain": Nitish Kumar On Prashant Kishor Helping Mamata Banerjee

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Sunday June 9, 2019

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said he had no idea about the role his party's vice president Prashant Kishor will play for his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee who has signed up as the election strategist in the face of a growing challenge from the BJP.

Mamata Banerjee Signs On Prashant Kishor Who Helped Jagan Reddy's Big Win

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday June 6, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is still smarting from losing ground to the BJP in last month's national election, today met with poll whiz kid Prashant Kishor, whose latest success is Jagan Mohan Reddy's victory in Andhra Pradesh.

With Mammoth Jagan Reddy Win, Prashant Kishor Is Back In Business

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Saturday May 25, 2019

Prashant Kishor, political strategist par excellence and a veteran of many elections by now, sat out this election but indicated a role in Jaganmohan Reddy's sweep in Andhra Pradesh, where the incumbent Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's party has been voted out of power.

On Prashant Kishor's Challenge To Lalu Yadav, RJD Replies With A Jab

India News | Reported By Manish Kumar, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Saturday April 13, 2019

Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor today took a sharp dig at Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav and invited him for a "joint media interaction" to clear air about Rabri Devi's claim on a pre-poll alliance offered to the RJD.

Prashant Kishor Called Us For Merger, Pitch One PM Candidate: Rabri Devi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 12, 2019

Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Friday dropped a bombshell claiming that poll strategist Prashant Kishor had met her husband Lalu Yadav with the proposal that the Lalu Yadav's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) merge together and the new entity thus formed declare its "prime ministerial candidate" ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Lalu Yadav's Claims On Nitish Kumar "Bogus", Tweets Prashant Kishor

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday April 5, 2019

Nitish Kumar made "many attempts to rejoin the grand alliance" after ditching it in 2017 and reviving his ties with the BJP, RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav has claimed in his soon-to-be-released autobiography "From Gopalganj to Raisina"

Prashant Kishor Tweet On Party Role Signals Angst Amid Jagan Reddy Twist

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Friday March 29, 2019

Prashant Kishor, the election wunderkind who joined Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United in September as the party's number two, tweeted on Friday that his role in the upcoming polls was that of "learning and cooperating" and that another veteran leader was in charge of deciding on the campaign and candidates. The surprising post telegraphed the poll s...

Complaint Against Chandrababu Naidu For "Bihari Daku" Remark

India News | ANI | Saturday March 23, 2019

Advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha on Saturday filed a complaint against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for addressing Janata Dal (United) vice president Prashant Kishor "Bihari Daku."

Called A "Bihari Dacoit", Prashant Kishor's Reply To Chandrababu Naidu...

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday March 19, 2019

Janata Dal (United) politician Prashant Kishor today criticised Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for calling him a "Bihari dacoit", terming it as a display of "prejudice and malice against the eastern state" ahead of imminent defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.

"If I Can Help Someone Become PM...": Prashant Kishor On Youth Politics

India News | ANI | Sunday March 10, 2019

A Janata Dal (United) Vice-President Prashant Kishor has assured the young people in Bihar that he can help them become members of parliament or members of legislative assemblies.

Didn't Approve Of How Nitish Kumar Tied Up With BJP: Prashant Kishor

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday March 8, 2019

Janata Dal (United) leader Prashant Kishor has created a flutter by saying that he did not approve of the manner in which party chief Nitish Kumar ditched the "grand alliance" to team up with the BJP in 2017, news agency PTI reported him as saying in an interview to an web portal.