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Who is Prashant Kishor?

Prashant Kishor

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Who is Prashant Kishor?

Prashant Kishor is a political strategist and business tactician. Kishor has worked as a political strategist for BJP, INC, AAP, YSRCP , DMK and TMC. Prashant Kishor is a sought-after Indian election strategist. He came to the fore when his political campaign to help then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was successful in the 2012 Assembly Elections.Kishor initially worked with the United Nations for eight years as he was trained in public health before entering Indian politics. After the 2014 elections, he parted roads with Modi and worked with Nitish Kumar in 2015 to help him win a third term as...
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Prashant Kishor to be 'special adviser' to Vijay's TVK ahead of 2026 polls

Prashant Kishor meets actor Vijay in Chennai, offering his strategic support for TVK ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, where he will serve as a special adviser

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2025 | 12:45 PM IST

Prashant Kishor ends fast unto death over BPSC exam irregularities

However, the former political strategist said his Satyagraha' would continue for the cause of civil service aspirants, and the youth of the state and also against the alleged authoritarian' attitude

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Updated On : 16 Jan 2025 | 6:16 PM IST

Governor urged Kishor to end fast, claim party delegates after meeting Khan

An 11-member delegation of protesting exam aspirants, along with Jan Suraaj Party president Manoj Bharti, visited Raj Bhavan hours after Kishor told media that Khan has offered to intervene in matter

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Updated On : 13 Jan 2025 | 10:00 PM IST

Bihar Guv assured us of taking steps to resolve BPSC row: Prashant Kishor

Addressing a press conference, Kishor said a delegation of BPSC aspirants will visit the Raj Bhavan in the afternoon to apprise the governor about the matter

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Updated On : 13 Jan 2025 | 2:31 PM IST

Jan Suraaj Party moves Patna HC, seeks cancellation of BPSC exams

Advocate Pranav Kumar said the petition, highlighting 'irregularities in the Combined Competitive Exams held on December 13', has been posted for hearing on January 15

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Updated On : 10 Jan 2025 | 2:51 PM IST

Kishor didn't provoke crowd, FIR baseless: Jan Suraaj's Manoj Bharti

Bharti said that Prashant Kishor's health has been deteriorating as he remains on hunger strike and thus, the government must consider the demands of the students

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Updated On : 09 Jan 2025 | 9:01 AM IST

Video: Prashant Kishor forcibly removed from BPSC protest site in Patna

Prashant Kishor resisted the police's attempt to remove him from the site, which led to a tense situation following which he was detained

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2025 | 9:47 AM IST

BPSC protest: Patna Police detains Prashant Kishor, vacates Gandhi Maidan

Patna Police has vacated the place at Gandhi Maidan where Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor was sitting on a fast-unto-death with the protestors

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2025 | 6:54 AM IST

Prashant Kishor begins fast unto death, demanding cancellation of BPSC exam

Kishor made the announcement at the historic Gandhi Maidan, a couple of kilometres from the spot where several aggrieved candidates have been on a round-the-clock protest

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Updated On : 02 Jan 2025 | 7:09 PM IST

'Where were you': Prashant Kishor faces backlash from BPSC protesters

BPSC students protest: BPSC aspirants in Patna asked Prashant Kishor to leave the protest site, citing his absence during the Bihar Police lathicharge on Sunday night at Gardanibagh

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Updated On : 30 Dec 2024 | 4:09 PM IST

Tejashwi accuses Prashant Kishor's outfit of acting as Nitish's 'B-team'

Former deputy CM, in an apparent reference to the IPAC founder and his party, said the protesters were "misled" into marching towards Gandhi Maidan

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Updated On : 30 Dec 2024 | 12:17 PM IST

Prashant Kishor gives ultimatum to Bihar govt, vows to lead BPSC protest

Prashant Kishor flayed the recent police lathi-charge on protesting students and called upon the NDA government to take urgent steps

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2024 | 11:07 AM IST

'Bihar is a failed state': Prashant Kishor to Bihari diaspora in the US

Speaking virtually to the Bihari diaspora after inaugurating the US chapter of Jan Suraaj, the former Kishore expressed confidence in his party's chances of winning the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections

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Updated On : 25 Nov 2024 | 11:01 AM IST

Charged Rs 100 cr for advising political parties, reveals Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor said that 10 state governments currently employ his strategies, while adding that he has ample resources to fund his campaign needs in Bihar

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Updated On : 02 Nov 2024 | 3:32 PM IST

Wealth of whole nation diverted to Gujarat: Prashant Kishor targets PM Modi

The I-PAC founder, whose first claim to fame was his handling of Modi's spectacular Lok Sabha polls campaign of 2014, made the scathing attack on the PM at a public meeting

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Updated On : 02 Oct 2024 | 7:30 PM IST

Prashant Kishor announces launch of political outfit 'Jan Suraaj Party'

The party was floated exactly two years after Kishor had embarked on a more than 3,000-km-long 'padayatra' of the state, from Champaran

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Updated On : 02 Oct 2024 | 11:39 PM IST

Rs 100 donations each will help Jan Suraaj raise Rs 200 cr: Prashant Kishor

The IPAC founder, who hopes to take the political landscape in Bihar by storm, disclosed his strategy here in reply to queries from journalists about his plans to shore up resources for the new party

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Updated On : 27 Aug 2024 | 6:55 PM IST

Will not seek any post in Jan Suraaj political party: Prashant Kishor

On Sunday, the process of party formation began with the first of the eight office bearers' convention before the official launch of the party on Oct 2, Prashant Kishor added

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Updated On : 29 Jul 2024 | 8:52 PM IST

Political pundit Prashant Kishor to float own party in Bihar: What we know

Prashant Kishor's coming involvement in the Bihar assembly elections represents a full circle, as he was the strategist of Nitish Kumar's 2015 victory against the BJP in the state

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Updated On : 29 Jul 2024 | 3:34 PM IST

Lok Sabha 2024: The results prove Prashant Kishor's predictions wrong

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poised to win 239, NDA 290, while INDIA bloc leads in 235 seats, others in 18

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Updated On : 04 Jun 2024 | 7:44 PM IST