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Updated June 7th, 2019 at 08:46 IST

Big Twist | Mamata Banerjee and Prashant Kishor hold meeting, JD(U) VP to campaign for Trinamool: Sources

Amidst the post-poll violence in the state of the West Bengal, A major development has taken place as per sources, in which election strategist Prashant Kishor has met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. 

Reported by: Navashree Nandini
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In a major development in the state of West Bengal amidst the post-poll violence and Jai Shri Ram controversy, election strategist Prashant Kishor has met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. As per sources, he will be working with the Mamata-led Trinamool for the state's assembly election against the BJP. 

Kishor whose team was an election strategist for YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh for the elections 2019, is known for his impressive strategy that leads parties to massive victories. In Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP won 151 seats in the state's 175 seats. In the past, Kishor was the chief strategist for Prime Minister Modi's election campaign in 2014, after which he started his own company called IPAC that engineered the poll campaign in Punjab for Captain Amarinder Singh. In 2015, Kishor worked for the JD(U) when the party was a part of Mahagathbandhan in Bihar and led the grand alliance to their landslide victory in the assembly elections in Bihar. He has also worked for the Congress party in the assembly polls of Uttar Pradesh, however, BJP won the election. Prashant Kishor first hit headlines after helping PM Modi win 2012 Gujarat assembly election and become chief minister for the third time beating anti-incumbency. 

READ: 'Bogus': Prashant Kishor Rejects Lalu Yadav's 'Nitish Wanted To Return To Mahagathbandhan' Claim, Admits To Meeting RJD Chief Though Not As An Emissary

In the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Kishor was appointed as vice president of Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party - the JD(U). By this time, the JD(U) was back to the folds of the NDA and it was rumoured that BJP chief Amit Shah was the reason behind Kishor's appointment in the JD(U). During the poll campaign, Kishor had also been in the controversy when the Lalu Yadav led RJD accused him of being the emissary for Nitish Kumar, requesting the RJD to let Kumar return to the Mahagathbandhan. He was also vocal in slamming TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu a number of times on Twitter. 

Meanwhile, Republic TV has recieved confirmation from news agency ANI that he will be working for Mamata's party Trinamool in the assembly elections in the state last year.

In West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool faced a fierce fight from the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections 2019. The BJP party won 18 seats while the ruling Trinamool won 22 seats in the states. On the other hand, the JD(U) that is in alliance with the BJP, and won 16 seats in the Lok Sabha polls was not inducted in Prime Minister Modi's 2.0 cabinet. CM Nitish Kumar had said that he did not want any symbolic representation. In what is seen as tit for tat, Kumar did not include any BJP MP in his cabinet after the Lok Sabha polls. Senior RJD leader and close aide of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Raghuvansh Pratap Singh asked Kumar to join the mahagathbandhan to defeat the BJP in the state. Old friend-turned-foe of Kumar, HAM's chief Jitan Ram Manjhi also requested him to leave the NDA and join Mahagathbandhan for 'larger interest'.

Amidst these crucial political situations in the state of Bihar, Kishor joining the Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool comes as a major twist. An official statement from Trinamool and Kishor is still awaited.  

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Published June 6th, 2019 at 16:35 IST

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