The party went on to win several difficult states - Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Tripura - without Kishor. Kishor worked hard, but would Modi not have won that election, and in the manner that he did, without the poll strategist?īJP’s performance over the next few years has the answer. Modi ran a smart, crafty campaign in 2014, when the voter was desperate for a change and the ruling Congress was dealing with corruption charges.
Prashant Kishor has delivered several impressive results - from Modi in 2014, the mahagathbandhan in Bihar in 2015 to Amarinder Singh in 2017 and Jagan Reddy in 2019 - and yet, the question to be asked is whether these successes can be attributed to the poll strategist, given the instances where his ‘magic’ hasn’t quite worked.Ĭonsider this. But, from Punjab to West Bengal, from Uttar Pradesh to Andhra and from Delhi to Tamil Nadu - Kishor’s demand has only continued to grow, making him a power centre in Indian politics in his own right.Īlso read: Strategist to Nitish Kumar’s right-hand man: What makes Prashant Kishor so special Since then, Prashant Kishor’s journey has been largely chequered in terms of the number of times he has jumped ships, and the results he has shown. He was the hot property every political party wanted. But it was his active involvement in Modi’s 2014 Lok Sabha campaign - an election that is a textbook case for everything done right - that catapulted him to instant fame. The former public health expert, who worked with the United Nations, ventured into the political arena in 2011 when he met then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. This, even as he is managing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s campaign for the state polls due on 8 February.Īlso read: Why Nitish, Mamata, Uddhav and Kamal Haasan need Prashant Kishor Now, Prashant Kishor has been roped in by Tamil Nadu’s DMK to help in the 2021 state assembly polls. But when he had, for instance, Rahul Gandhi to convince voters with and to build a brand around, he simply couldn’t. Kishor does well when he is with the winning side, garnishing their victory with his razor-sharp touch. Essentially, like any good salesman, Prashant Kishor needs a solid product to sell - Narendra Modi, Amarinder Singh, Jagan Mohan Reddy. But he is far from the magician he is made out to be or models himself to be, and cannot turn weak sides into stronger ones. Kishor, in many ways, is an enigma - has no mass base, no real power, does not have a perfect track record and yet, remains powerful, relevant and in-demand. Prashant Kishor’s expulsion from the Janata Dal (United) following his very public brawl with Nitish Kumar over the new Citizenship Act made it to national headlines, like much else that the poll strategist-turned-politician-turned-rebel with a cause does.
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