Prashant Kishor refuses to be Gandhis' scapegoat for electoral losses
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor refuses to be Gandhis' scapegoat for electoral losses

Op India  

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has declined the Congress offer to join the Empowered Action Group 2024 of the Congress party. Declining the offer, Prashant Kishor said, “I declined the generous offer of #congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections.” Further, he added, “In my humble opinion, more than me the party needs leadership and collective will to fix the deep rooted structural problems through transformational reforms.” I declined the generous offer of #congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections. — Prashant Kishor April 26, 2022 Many are seeing this offer from Congress to Prashant Kishor as just an attempt to find the scapegoat for the Gandhis when they lose yet another Lok Sabha election under the family leadership. Prashant Kishor won’t have been the first scapegoat for the Gandhis This wouldn’t have been the first time when Congress would have blamed an external consultant for their electoral reversals.

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Prashant Kishor calls Bihar 'failed state', urges for action to address developmental challenges
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Prashant Kishor calls Bihar 'failed state', urges for action to address developmental challenges

India TV News  

In a bid to establish his Jan Suraj Party as a significant political force in Bihar, Prashant Kishor has now extended his outreach to the Bihar diaspora in the United States. Bihar is a backward state, says Prashant Kishor While addressing the Bihari diaspora, Kishor openly acknowledged the state’s socio-economic struggles, describing Bihar as a "backward state" plagued by several …

Prashant Kishor's party fails poll debut, candidates lose all 4 seats in Bihar bypolls
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Prashant Kishor's party fails poll debut, candidates lose all 4 seats in Bihar bypolls

India Today  

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor launched his party Jan Suraaj ahead of bypolls to four Assembly constituencies in Bihar, and fielded candidates on all four of them. Jan Suraaj party had fielded Jitendra Paswan, Mohammad Amajad, Sushil Kumar Singh and Kiran Singh, from Imamganj, Belaganj, Ramgarh and Tarari constituencies, respectively. When Prashant Kishor launched his party on October 2, he said …

Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj to become political party, contest Bihar Assembly polls next year
5 months, 1 week ago

Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj to become political party, contest Bihar Assembly polls next year

The Hindu  

Former election strategist Prashant Kishor on July 28 said his Jan Suraaj campaign will become a political party on October 2, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti, and contest the Bihar Assembly polls next year. Mr. Kishor was addressing a "State-level workshop" of Jan Suraaj in Patna, which was attended by several persons, including two former legislators and a granddaughter of late …

YSRC Leaders Flay Political Strategist Prashant Kishor
10 months ago

YSRC Leaders Flay Political Strategist Prashant Kishor

Deccan Chronicle  

The YSRC leaders are lambasting political strategist Prashant Kishor for predicting the defeat of the YSRC in the 2024 elections. “Now Kishor says Jagan Reddy will not win the 2024 elections.” Nani said Kishor was an outdated political strategist like Lagadapati Rajagopal and hence his former platform, IPAC, dumped him. “YSRC’s sole aim is to achieve its goal of winning …

Prashant Kishor's observations on Rahul Gandhi: Why his supporters celebrating it should consider them as a scathing critique
11 months ago

Prashant Kishor's observations on Rahul Gandhi: Why his supporters celebrating it should consider them as a scathing critique

Op India  

Indian political strategist Prashant Kishor recently shared his candid views on several issues in a freewheeling discussion with journalist Rajat Sharma in his widely popular ‘Aap Ki Adalat’ show on India TV. However, what truly caught the attention of social media users, including among the dwindling tribe of Congress supporters and IT cell, was Kishor’s withering yet honest remarks on …

Opposition unity needs rational narrative: Prashant Kishor after Ajit Pawar's coup
1 year, 6 months ago

Opposition unity needs rational narrative: Prashant Kishor after Ajit Pawar's coup

India Today  

Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday said the opposition unity drive would reap electoral benefits only if it came up with a "narrative" and did not rely solely on "arithmetic". Talking to reporters in Bihar's Samastipur district, he refused to attach much political importance to the split in the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra and the CBI chargesheet against Bihar …

Prashant Kishor predicts ‘electoral rout’ for Congress in Gujarat, Himachal
2 years, 7 months ago

Prashant Kishor predicts ‘electoral rout’ for Congress in Gujarat, Himachal

Hindustan Times  

Election strategist Prashant Kishor on Friday said the mega brainstorming session held by Congress in Udaipur “failed to achieve anything meaningful”, predicting an “electoral rout" in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in the coming assembly elections. “In my view, it failed to achieve anything meaningful other than prolonging the status-quo and giving some time to the #Congress leadership, at least till …

'Till Impending Electoral Rout in HP, Gujarat': For Prashant Kishor, Cong Missed Bus With Chintan Shivir
2 years, 7 months ago

'Till Impending Electoral Rout in HP, Gujarat': For Prashant Kishor, Cong Missed Bus With Chintan Shivir

News 18  

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Friday termed the Congress’ ‘Chintan Shivir’ a failure as he took a dig at the meet for “giving some time to the leadership, at least till the impending electoral rout in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh”. I’ve been repeatedly asked to comment on the outcome of #UdaipurChintanShivirIn my view, it failed to achieve anything meaningful other …

Prashant Kishor predicts 'impending electoral rout' for Congress in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls
2 years, 7 months ago

Prashant Kishor predicts 'impending electoral rout' for Congress in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls

India TV News  

Highlights PK has been vocal against Congress' leadership for failing to fix deep-rooted structural problems PK and Congress parted ways in April after hectic parleys for the former's entry into the party PK mounted his attack on Congress saying 'Chintan Shivir' failed to achieve anything meaningful Election strategist Prashant Kishor has predicted an 'impending electoral rout' for the Congress in …

Want to work for Bihar: Prashant Kishor denies poll ambitions, but keeps options open
2 years, 8 months ago

Want to work for Bihar: Prashant Kishor denies poll ambitions, but keeps options open

India Today  

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday said that he will not announce a new political party or platform right now. He said he will work with like-minded people who want to bring about a “real change” in Bihar to bring about a positive change in the state. Prashant Kishor said that the situation was necessitated by the 30 years of …

Prashant Kishor won't join any political party in earlier role, but hints at being part of elections
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor won't join any political party in earlier role, but hints at being part of elections

India Today  

Indian political strategist Prashant Kishor has announced that he would continue to be a part of elections, but not in his previous capacity. However, he said that he wouldn't be joining any political party in his earlier role. In an interview with the BBC he said, “After the Bengal elections, I announced I would not be any party in my …

Cong-Prashant Kishor Fiasco: All the Lessons the Gandhis Refuse to Learn
2 years, 8 months ago

Cong-Prashant Kishor Fiasco: All the Lessons the Gandhis Refuse to Learn

The Quint  

Sonia Gandhi’s efforts in recent weeks to induct celebrated poll strategist Prashant Kishor into the Congress, both as a member and chief disruptor, to revive a moribund party organisation, was a sign of desperation. Kishor’s rejection, on the other hand, of the final offer made to him – to join the party and become a member of the recently constituted …

Prashant Kishor's demand to be Bihar Congress chief accepted, but he changed goalposts last minute: Sources
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor's demand to be Bihar Congress chief accepted, but he changed goalposts last minute: Sources

India TV News  

Highlights Congress and Prashant Kishor have parted ways after a spell of parleys PK changing goalpost on last minute on the last day was the reason for talks failure, sources said Kishor said Congress needs leadership and collective will to fix its deep-rooted structural problems The Congress and Prashant Kishor have parted ways after a spell of parleys but while …

What Prashant Kishor wanted from the Congress: 4 points
2 years, 8 months ago

What Prashant Kishor wanted from the Congress: 4 points

Hindustan Times  

After days of speculation and back-to-back meetings with the Congress top leadership, the deal which Prashant Kishor and the Grand Old Party were inches away to seal fell through. Prashant Kishor wanted something while the Congress was believed to be sticking to its point, and the middle ground that both the sides tried to come to was not feasible finally. …

Prashant Kishor, Congress walk their separate ways | Recap
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor, Congress walk their separate ways | Recap

India Today  

Prashant Kishor today declined the Congress’ offer to join the party’s Empowered Action Group-2024 with “defined responsibility”, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala announced on Twitter, putting an end to days of speculation. Prashant Kishor, Congress President, has constituted an Empowered Action Group 2024 & invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. Prashant Kishor met …

Won\'t join Congress, party needs reforms: Prashant Kishor
2 years, 8 months ago

Won\'t join Congress, party needs reforms: Prashant Kishor

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A “trust deficit” apparently came in the way of poll strategist Prashant Kishor joining the Congress Party. The professional deal between Mr Kishor’s I-PAC and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for the 2023 state Assembly polls in the southern state had raised many eyebrows within the Congress. Several Telangana leaders had raised their eyebrows when Mr Kishor was meeting …

Prashant Kishor declines offer to join Congress
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor declines offer to join Congress

The Hindu  

Election strategist Prashant Kishor has declined Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s offer to join the party as part of the Empowered Action Group for the 2024 general elections, the Congress party announced on Twitter on Tuesday. Regional rancour Though neither side publicly put out the reasons for the breakdown, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala’s tweet that the invitation to Mr Kishor …

Prashant Kishor has declined offer to join party, says Congress. He explains
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor has declined offer to join party, says Congress. He explains

Hindustan Times  

The Congress announced on Tuesday that Prashant Kishor has declined its offer to join the party, ending speculations surrounding the election strategist’s possible entry into India’s oldest political party, as the country gears up for various upcoming elections, including the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted a Empowered Action Group 2024 & invited him to …

Why Prashant Kishor-Congress talks failed: 5 reasons
2 years, 8 months ago

Why Prashant Kishor-Congress talks failed: 5 reasons

India TV News  

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday declined the Congress offer to join the party and evolve its poll strategy and said more than him, the party needs leadership and collective will to fix deep-rooted structural problems through transformational reforms. Kishor was asked by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to join the party and be a part of the Empowered Action Group-2024 …

Congress remains silent on Kishor joining fold
2 years, 8 months ago

Congress remains silent on Kishor joining fold

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi/Hyderabad: Confusion prevailed over political strategist Prashant Kishor joining the Congress Party even as his two-day long meeting with the party’s arch-rival, Telangana Rashtra Samiti supremo K. Chandrasekhar Rao, at his official residence Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad, did not go down well in the grand old party. Senior Congress leaders also referred to the TRS’ leaks to the media …

Prashant Kishor's place in Congress is almost 'final': Reports
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor's place in Congress is almost 'final': Reports

India TV News  

Highlights Prashant Kishor's exact role will be decided in consultation with Cong interim chief Sonia Gandhi The special panel formed for his joining wants Prashant Kishor to disassociate with other parties His position is almost 'final' in the Congress party, say sources Poll strategist Prashant Kishor's place in the Congress party is almost certain, say sources. Describing Prashant Kishor as …

The Prashant Kishors of the World May Come and Go But Congress is Doomed by Design
2 years, 8 months ago

The Prashant Kishors of the World May Come and Go But Congress is Doomed by Design

News 18  

Just last month, Ripun Bora was the joint opposition candidate for one of the two Rajya Sabha seats up for grabs in Assam, with the numbers clearly favouring him on paper. This came as a body blow to the Congress Party, which had served as the sixty-five-year-old’s political vehicle since his student days, including a six-year-long stint as PCC president …

Disquiet in Cong. as Prashant Kishor briefs top leaders for third day
2 years, 8 months ago

Disquiet in Cong. as Prashant Kishor briefs top leaders for third day

The Hindu  

As election strategist Prashant Kishor briefed top Congress leaders for a third a time in the past four days at party president Sonia Gandhi’s residence, the sense of disquiet among a section of leaders is growing. On Tuesday, Mr. Kishor is said to havemade presentations to senior leaders, including former Madhya Pradesh Chief Ministers Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh, A.K. …

Prashant Kishor briefs Congress leaders again
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor briefs Congress leaders again

The Hindu  

Election strategist Prashant Kishor for the second time in as many days briefed top Congress leaders at party president Sonia Gandhi’s official residence on Monday. While the Congress has asked Mr. Kishor to formally join the party, Ms. Gandhi also asked a panel of leaders to study the proposals of the poll strategist and revert to her within a week. …

Prashant Kishor: The kingmaker, who wins only in a winning team, to soon join Congress
2 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor: The kingmaker, who wins only in a winning team, to soon join Congress

Firstpost  

Prashant Kishor has recently given a detailed presentation for the 2024 elections to the Congress and sources say he may also join the party Prashant Kishor, the name synonymous with elections in India, and a kingmaker in very real terms, is back in news as Indian National Congress asks the election strategist to join the party and not work as …

Prashant Kishor meets Priyanka and Rahul, political circles abuzz
2 years, 9 months ago

Prashant Kishor meets Priyanka and Rahul, political circles abuzz

Hindustan Times  

Is Prashant Kishor back in talks with the Congress and likely to work on the party’s Gujarat campaign? Electoral strategist Prashant Kishor After last year’s will-he-won’t-he drama of Kishor joining the party in a senior role, the election strategist is playing his cards close to his chest and said all buzz around this is “speculative and completely untrue.” Yet, two …

Sonia Gandhi to take final call on Prashant Kishor's induction into party as dissent grows
3 years, 4 months ago

Sonia Gandhi to take final call on Prashant Kishor's induction into party as dissent grows

India TV News  

Congress President Sonia Gandhi will take a final call on inducting election strategist Prashant Kishor in the party as Congress leaders are divided over the issue. Kishor has met Congress leader and party's former president Rahul Gandhi quietly a few times to discuss the party's revival ahead of several Assembly elections -- including Uttar Pradesh, scheduled to be held next …

What are Prashant Kishor and Sonia Gandhi Talking about? Not 2022 Elections but This
3 years, 5 months ago

What are Prashant Kishor and Sonia Gandhi Talking about? Not 2022 Elections but This

News 18  

The Prashant Kishor story is getting real with the Congress. In fact, if the Congress insiders are to be believed, Kishor would not be actively ‘strategizing’ in the coming round of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand or Gujarat, which are scheduled in 2022. Prashant Kishor has been meeting Congress’ interim chief Sonia Gandhi for the past one year. Madhya …

Just a courtesy meeting: Prashant Kishor on visit to Rahul Gandhi's residence
3 years, 5 months ago

Just a courtesy meeting: Prashant Kishor on visit to Rahul Gandhi's residence

India Today  

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday said that his visit to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's residence was just a "courtesy meeting" and nothing more should be read into it. Speaking to India Today TV, Prashant Kishor said, "My meeting with Rahul Gandhi was just a courtesy meeting." READ: Punjab Congress crisis: Sidhu camp presses for change of guard as …

Not just Punjab, Prashant Kishor also discussed 2024 polls in meeting with Gandhis: Sources
3 years, 5 months ago

Not just Punjab, Prashant Kishor also discussed 2024 polls in meeting with Gandhis: Sources

India Today  

Political strategist Prashant Kishor could be acting as an emissary of various Opposition parties with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress sources told India Today. READ: Prashant Kishor meets Congress leaders Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi; major decision over Punjab likely It is said that the meeting on Tuesday was primarily to discuss a resolution to the tussle between …

Prashant Kishor shifts focus from himself, says only Mamata Banerjee will be responsible if they lose West Bengal
3 years, 8 months ago

Prashant Kishor shifts focus from himself, says only Mamata Banerjee will be responsible if they lose West Bengal

Op India  

On Saturday, audio clips of a Clubhouse conversation between Lutyens journalists and election strategist Prashant Kishor went viral where Kishor had so much as accepted defeat in West Bengal. Now, in an interview with Rajdeep Sardesai, while trying to fire-fight the fall-out from the Clubhouse conversation, Prashant Kishor seems to have smartly positioned the narrative to blame Mamata Banerjee and …

India Will Lose an Election Strategist if BJP Wins in Bengal, Party Taunts Prashant Kishor
4 years ago

India Will Lose an Election Strategist if BJP Wins in Bengal, Party Taunts Prashant Kishor

News 18  

After political strategist Prashant Kishor said he would quit Twitter if the BJP manages to perform well in the West Bengal Assembly election, BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya quipped that the country would have to lose an election strategist if the BJP forms the next government in West Bengal. Kishor, who is Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s …

Prashant Kishor starts campaign in Bihar, targets Nitish Kumar
4 years, 10 months ago

Prashant Kishor starts campaign in Bihar, targets Nitish Kumar

Live Mint  

Ahead of the crucial assembly elections scheduled for October-November, expelled Janata Dal vice president Prashant Kishor on Tuesday launched the “Bihar ki Baat” campaign to bring together one million people on board over the next 100 days. Conceding it was JD chief Nitish Kumar’s prerogative to remove him from the party post, the political strategist accused the Bihar chief minister …

Prashant Kishor interfering in West Bengal’s governance: BJP
5 years, 4 months ago

Prashant Kishor interfering in West Bengal’s governance: BJP

Live Mint  

Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal has alleged that political strategist Prashant Kishor who is on a mission to revamp the ruling Trinamool Congress' image, is overstepping and interfering with the working of the state administration. "Trinamool Congress has roped in Prashant Kishor to save the party, but I don't think anyone can help them. The way Kishor …

Prashant Kishor has largely faltered without 'wave' on his side, faces uphill task as Mamata's poll strategist in Bengal
5 years, 6 months ago

Prashant Kishor has largely faltered without 'wave' on his side, faces uphill task as Mamata's poll strategist in Bengal

Firstpost  

If Mamata Banerjee manages to retain power in West Bengal in the 2021 Assembly polls, Prashant Kishor would surely hog the limelight again claiming to be the differentiator who stopped the Modi-Shah juggernaut, but if he fails, the moniker of a fair-weather strategist will stick to his name for a long time to come “This is quite a game, politics. …

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