PK missing in action

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Kumar Modi has accused the Grand Alliance government in Bihar of being selfish for sidelining Prashant Kishor after its Assembly election victory last year. Kishor, who was appointed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's political strategist and advisor, played a key role in helping the Grand Alliance come to power. He is now crafting the Congress' strategy for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next year. But not everyone in the BJP agrees with Modi's criticism. "He shouldn't criticise PK's absence," a party leader said. "The longer he is away, the better it is for us." PK, as Kishor is popularly known, had also helped the BJP craft its strategy in the 2014 general elections but was then enlisted by Kumar before the Bihar Assembly elections.