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Topic: Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj to back independent candidates in Bihar for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

In Darbhanga Thursday, the poll strategist said the candidates had to be 'capable' and aligned with the vision of his ongoing Jan Suraaj campaign.

Prashant Kishor vs protege? Meeting with Naidu sparks buzz but PK denies ‘return to poll consultancy’

Former I-PAC face is now involved in political activism in home state Bihar. He left poll consultancy after I-PAC's successful tie-up with Trinamool Congress for 2021 West Bengal assembly elections.

INDIA bloc ‘lacks cement & clarity’, says Prashant Kishor — ‘not started any common minimum programme’

Former poll strategist says alliance of opposition parties like separate bricks without any narrative or leader to bind them together.

1 yr of Jan Suraaj: How Prashant Kishor’s bid to mobilise Biharis on development, not caste, is going

Kishor’s yatra, which started from West Champaran district on 2 October 2022, completed one year Monday. Theme of his speeches has been development all through.

Nitish can’t dare contest polls, says Prashant Kishor amid talk of Bihar CM’s 2024 bid for UP seat

On Wednesday, Bihar minister Shrawan Kumar had said there was a demand from party workers in Phulpur that Nitish should contest from there in 2024.

‘Parties need common narrative to see electoral gains’: Prashant Kishor on Bengaluru opposition meet

Former poll strategist, currently on padyatra in Bihar, says parties & leaders sitting together won’t make a difference without 'unity in thought' and a narrative they can take to public.

Nitish wanted PK as heir, admonished Sharad Yadav on women’s bill — facets of Bihar CM from biography

All these anecdotes are from ‘Nitish Kumar: Antarang Doston Ki Nazar Sae’ written by his college friend and State Disaster Management Authority vice-president Uday Kant Mishra.

Six ex-IAS officers of Bihar join Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj on ‘Sankalp Divas’

While one of them called Kishor a 'social doctor', another said he is the 'only person with the courage to tell people of Bihar that they are responsible for their own plight'.

As PK’s Jan Suraaj yatra meanders through Bihar, 1st electoral success spurs hope of ‘impact in 2025 polls’

Prashant Kishor's outfit tasted electoral success for the first time in the Bihar legislative council bypolls earlier this month. But rivals don't see the outfit as a real threat.

‘One doesn’t grow with small mindset’ — Prashant Kishor invokes Vajpayee to attack BJP on Rahul disqualification

Former poll strategist also says Congress is oblivious about what it's up against & 'You can’t win elections by tweeting and marching to Parliament’.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.