Prashant Kishor quits as political strategist
Political strategist and architect of the TMC victory Prashant Kishor on Sunday dropped a bombshell by announcing that he is quitting and from now on he will not be giving his services as a political strategist to any party. Though his organisation IPAC will still remain.
Speaking to a news channel, he said “I am done with this work...I am taking a break...I won’t be working for party A and party B... I am quitting this space.” However, he said, “I should hand over the baton to those who have been working with me, actual work has done by my colleagues and there is no better time than now to hand over the baton to someone.”
Prashant has been instrumental in many wins. He was associated with the BJP in 2014 then with JDU, RJD, Congress in Bihar, Congress in Punjab, Congress and SP in UP and now with TMC in West Bengal. He also managed successful campaigns for Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh elections and for Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party in the 2020 Delhi elections.
For 2021, apart from TMC, Prashant was also the political strategist for DMK Chief M.K. Stalin, another fruitful campaign as the party has come back to power defeating the incumbent AIADMK.
He was roped by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as an advisor then also by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
Speaking to the media , Prashant dropped hints as to what he would do next, after spending some time with his family.
“Joining politics
has always been on the radar. If I decide that, I will have to see what I know and what I don’t know. There are many things about politics I don’t know. But that decision has not been taken yet,”
In December 2020 Prashant had tweeted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not even cross double digits in the West Bengal Assembly elections.
“For all the hype amplified by a section of supportive media, in reality BJP will struggle to cross double digits in West Bengal. PS: Please save this tweet and if BJP does any better I must quit this space,” he said in a tweet he had pinned. Now after a successful journey in West Bengal he retires from his current position. While he has no lack of suitors many say and feel that his next stop may just be active politics or a political party.