Mr. Kishor played a major role as an election strategist and helped politicians like Narendra Modi, Jagan Mohan Reddy, Captain Amarinder Singh, and now Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin come to power.
Political strategist Prashant Kishor, riding high on the pandemic-marred election victories of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu announced on television today that he didn’t wish to continue his role as a political strategist, needs a break and do something else.
#NDTVExclusive | "I want to be on record with you that I want to quit this space," Poll Strategist @PrashantKishor tells NDTV's @SreenivasanJain pic.twitter.com/u0NrZdGAbl
— NDTV (@ndtv) May 2, 2021
In an interview with NDTV, his first since the results of the assembly elections came out, 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,”
Mr. Kishor played a major role as an election strategist and helped politicians like Narendra Modi, Jagan Mohan Reddy, Captain Amarinder Singh, and now Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin come to power.
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On whether he would rejoin politics, he said: “I am a failed politician. I have to go back and see what I have to do.” Prashant Kishor was part of Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) in Bihar and was suspended in January 2020
More recently in December 2020, Kishor asserted in many television interviews that he’d quit this space if the BJP won more than 100 seats. On the morning of the counting, several social media users trolled him and asked him to look for alternate career options.
For all the hype AMPLIFIED by a section of supportive media, in reality BJP will struggle to CROSS DOUBLE DIGITS in #WestBengal
PS: Please save this tweet and if BJP does any better I must quit this space!
— Prashant Kishor (@PrashantKishor) December 21, 2020
Waiting to hear Prashant Kishor after BJP winning more than 100 seats #ElectionResult #Nandigram pic.twitter.com/xnbKsevm9y
— Avinash Singh (@Patriot_Avinash) May 2, 2021
Talking of the Bengal election, Prashant Kishor said while the results seemed one-sided in favor of the Trinamool Congress, it was a tough fight. “We went through hell. The Election Commission was blatantly partial and made our campaign difficult. We have been confident about doing very well and the TMC winning more than people were willing to give. The BJP was trying to build up massive propaganda that they are winning Bengal”
“Mr Modi’s (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) popularity won’t mean BJP will win all elections,” the poll strategist added.
Speculations are rife that Mr. Kishor might float a political party of his own in his home state of Bihar.
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