prashant kishor is an indian political strategist and politician. He joined Janata Dal (United) in september 2018. From being a public health expert with mastery over building public opinion working for UNICEF in Africa to joining gujarat chief minister narendra Modi’s team in december 2011 as an advisor and managing his prime ministerial campaign during 2013-14, to taking up the task of helping mamata banerjee save her regime against the onslaught of the Modi-Shah-led bjp campaign, prashant Kishore’s decade old journey in india has marked a special episode in indian politics. Commonly referred to as ‘PK’ in bengal, kishore has emerged as India’s most-sought-after political strategist.
Way back in december, poll strategist prashant kishor had tweeted that the bharatiya janata party (BJP) would not even cross double digits in the West bengal assembly elections. In spite of being accurate in his predictions, Kishor did drop the proverbial bombshell on counting day, when he told news channels that he would be quitting 'this space'. That is, he would no longer work as an election strategist. Whatever course Kishor takes, it will not be a stretch to predict that he could play a major role in some of the upcoming state elections in some capacity, if not as an advisor, leading all the way to the 2024 lok sabha elections