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Politics | June 06, 2019 17:58 ISTPrashant Kishor is latestly credited with YSR Congress chief Jagan Reddy’s success in Andhra Pradesh, where the sitting CM Chandrababu Naidu’s party voted out.
Prashant Kishor is latestly credited with YSR Congress chief Jagan Reddy’s success in Andhra Pradesh, where the sitting CM Chandrababu Naidu’s party voted out.
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), led by YS Jaganmohan Reddy, on Thursday stormed to power in Andhra Pradesh with a landslide victory, winning 150 seats in the 175-member Assembly. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which was in power, bit the dust across the state.
He challenged Lalu Prasad to face the media alongside him any time any where -- "and all will come to know what talks took place between me and him and who has given what offer to whom," he said.
Pintu Singh, a resident of Begusarai district, was killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday during an anti-terrorist operation.
YSRCP will face the ruling Telugu Desam Party in a do or die battle over 175 assembly seats in the state. The Andhra Pradesh assembly elections will be held simultaneously with Lok Sabha elections this year.
Kishor, who is the vice president of Janata Dal (United), described the appointment of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as Congress' general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East as "one of the most awaited entries in Indian politics".
While Anjana Singh has been elected as the vice-president, Manikant Mani and Raja Ravi have won chief secretary, joint secretary posts respectively.
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Poll strategist Prashant Kishor had joined Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) recently.
There was speculation in political circles in Patna that the former poll strategist, who played a keyrole in BJP in securing an absolute majority in the 2014 general elections, would contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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Having worked for a number of parties as a poll strategist, Kishor has emerged as a trusted aide to the Bihar chief minister.
Kishor is credited with bringing all the opposition parties together in Bihar to script a massive victory of JD(U), RJD and Congress combine in 2015.
Announcing his decision via Twitter, Kishor wrote:"Excited to start my new journey from Bihar".
Political strategist Prashant Kishor has found a new client in Andhra Pradesh.
Gujarat Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela has suggested to bring political strategist Prashant Kishor for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state.
The Congress today came out in support of its election campaign strategist Prashant Kishor who is facing flak after the party’s disastrous performance in the just-concluded UP Assembly elections.
Prashant Kishor, the noted election strategist who was hired by Congress to help it secure a win in the assembly polls in five states, is reportedly ‘untraceable’ since the party’s crushing defeat in the UP Assembly elections.
After Congress' victory in Punjab, Prashant Kishor, one of the key poll strategists for party in the state, today said AAP was one the toughest competitors his team has faced.
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