Not working with TDP for AP elections, clarifies Prashant Kishor

Vijayawada: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who created a buzz in Andhra Pradesh after he met Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada, clarified that he is not working for the party for the upcoming AP State Assembly elections in 2024.

On December 23, 2023, Prashant Kishor was seen walking out of Gannavaram Airport along with TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh in Vijayawada. He then met Naidu which created widespread speculation in the political circles.

In the latest conversation with Saurabh Dwivedi, the Editor of Lallantop, Kishor who started Jan Suraaj, a social service organisation was asked to comment about his meeting with Naidu. He said, “Yes, I met Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada recently upon the insistence of a common friend. Chandrababu Naidu has asked me to help him this time, but I made it clear that I left that work, and I won’t be playing any role in the AP elections.”

The video clipping is now going viral on social media.

“I told him that I had worked for the YSR Congress party in the 2019 elections, and after that, I had given up political consultancy work. I came down to Vijayawada to meet Naidu and told him that I cannot work for the TDP,” he added. It is also pertinent to note that Prashant Kishor’s teammate Robin Sharma has been working for the TDP for some time now.

Jagan continues planning poll strategy with I-PAC

Meanwhile, chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is still in partnership with the I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee) team that is working closely with him, strategising for the 2024 elections. The firm is currently being led by a new CEO after Kishor’s departure.

Prashant Kishor has also clarified that he is not in partnership with Jagan in Andhra Pradesh.

Kishor has successfully worked with several other political parties in India including CM Jagan for the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections.

Kishor’s comprehensive resume

Kishor has worked as a political strategist for the BJP and continued his career with JD(U), INC, AAP, YSRCP, DMK and TMC. His first major political campaign was in 2011 to help Narendra Modi, then chief minister of Gujarat get re-elected to the CM office for a third time in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012.