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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicPrashant Kishor

Topic: Prashant Kishor

I will never join BJP, says Prashant Kishor. Wants to be called ‘political aide’, not strategist

In ‘Off The Cuff’ conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Senior Associate Editor Neelam Pandey, I-PAC founder Prashant Kishor opens up on variety of issues.

Trinamool testing waters in South? Congress, BJP leaders ‘approached’ in Karnataka & Telangana

Political circles in Karnataka & Telangana are abuzz with reports of TMC leaders as well as poll strategist Prashant Kishor approaching leaders who have clout independent of party.

Yes, UPA’s dead. But here’s what Mamata, PK are saying about Congress & why that’s right too

Even in its second successive annihilation by BJP, Congress retained a solid block of 20% votes. That’s why all of BJP’s victims want the Congress at the core of their challenge.

Congress leadership not divine right of an individual: Prashant Kishor targets Rahul Gandhi

Hitting back at Kishor, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said that he is free to advise parties/individuals on how to contest polls but cannot set the agenda of their politics.

Prashant Kishor’s prediction about BJP is bang on. India’s opposition has a lot to do with it

They say 'who needs enemies when you have friends like these'. For the BJP, who needs friends when you have enemies like these?

Prashant Kishor is right—underestimate Modi and you shall remain out of power

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Rahul Gandhi doesn’t realise it, BJP will remain powerful for ‘many decades’: Prashant Kishor

Kishor had helped craft the election strategies for TMC and DMK in Bengal & Tamil Nadu assembly polls earlier this year. Both parties had emerged victorious in those states.

Prashant Kishor says Congress eyeing ‘quick fix’ through Lakhimpur Kheri, party hits back

UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu says party 'doesn't need his certificate'. Comments come amid reports of Kishor's possible induction in Congress.

Will work with Prashant Kishor, he promised to help me, Jagan’s sister YS Sharmila says

Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's sister Y.S. Sharmila had launched her own party in Telangana in July.

Sonia Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee’s friendship faces the test of conflicting interests

The irony is that the person helping Mamata Banerjee in her ‘Congress-mukt’ northeast project is poll strategist Prashant Kishor, a friend of Rahul Gandhi.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Washington, and a growing synergy between the Pakistan government and US President Donald Trump, Indian...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.