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Anti-CAB stand: Two JD-U leaders in trouble

Both the leaders had urged JD(U) chief and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to reconsider the decision to support the CAB in Parliament.

13 Dec 2019 1:33 AM

Prashant Kishor slams his own party over issue

His statement was earlier taken as the JD(U)’s official line.

11 Dec 2019 1:24 AM

Prashant Kishor on Monday expressed disappointment over his party supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha, holding that the legislation discriminates against people "on the basis of religion". (Photo: File)

'Disappointed': Prashant Kishor on JD(U)’s support to ‘discriminatory’ Citizenship bill

Kishor sought to underscore that the Bill was 'incongruous' with the constitution of the party, headed by Nitish Kumar.

10 Dec 2019 8:51 AM

The show played out in advantage for both the leaders as Trump also appealed to the massive Indian-American vote bank during his part of the address and said that India has never had a better ally in the US before him. (Photo: PTI)

Advisor to WB CM, Prashant Kishor praises PM Modi’s move with Trump at ‘Howdy Modi’ event

The gala event in Houston attracted international headlines and a massive crowd of over 50,000 Indian-Americans.

23 Sep 2019 4:54 PM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: ANI)

BJP to target Mamata for hiring ‘outsider’ Kishor

After the BJP’s significant growth in the state, the TMC has been trying to project the saffron party as a “party of cultural outsiders”.

10 Sep 2019 3:19 AM

JD(U) vice president Prashant Kishor (Photo: PTI)

JDU’s Prashant Kishor says final NRC list ‘botched up’

Around three crore people were found eligible for inclusion in the final list of the NRC which was published on August 31 in Assam.

02 Sep 2019 2:44 AM

'Botched up': JD(S) leader Prashant Kishor on NRC list

The final list of NRC in Assam was published on August 31 which has excluded a little over 19 lakh people from the list.

01 Sep 2019 7:30 PM

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

‘Didi ke Bolo’ gets huge response in first month

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has thanked the people of the state for their “overwhelming response”.

30 Aug 2019 4:15 AM

Prashant Kishor interfering in state’s functioning: BJP

A contract has been done between them in exchange of a lot of money.

12 Aug 2019 2:47 AM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

JD-U to fight Jharkhand polls alone

JD(U) insiders said Nitish Kumar also asked party functionaries to expand its base in Jharkhand to gain the maximum number of seats.

05 Aug 2019 2:46 AM

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Monday took a dig at news reports suggesting he was now working with Shiv Sena chief Udhav Thackeray's son Aditya ahed of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra. (Photo: ANI)

Newspapers tell me where I work: Prashant Kishor on working with Aditya Thackeray

A media report on Sunday said Prashant was grooming Shiv Sena youth wing chief Aditya Thackeray for the state elections.

22 Jul 2019 2:39 PM

The TMC can engage as many poll strategists as it wants, but that hardly matters as people have already made up their mind to oust the Banerjee government, Vijayvargiya said. (Photo: File)

Shah is the principal of college where Kishor is still a student: Vijayvargiya

BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said the people of Bengal have lost confidence in Banerjee.

09 Jun 2019 4:16 PM

Shah bigger strategist than Kishor: Kailash Vijayvargiya

Buoyed by its performance, BJP leaders are now claiming that their next target is to overthrow the TMC from power in the 2021 Bengal polls.

09 Jun 2019 6:15 AM

On Thursday, election strategist Kishor, who is credited with successfully strategising Modi's Prime Ministerial campaign in 2014 and some others later, met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and is believed to have agreed to work with her in the state. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

'JDU nothing to do with Prashant Kishor's work,' says Nitish Kumar

It is said that Kishor, who last year joined JDU, was feeling sidelined due to the internal power struggle within the party.

08 Jun 2019 7:27 PM

Sources said that Mr Kishor was contacted and invited by Mr Banerjee to the meeting after he helped YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy to defeat TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu, a known ally of Ms Banerjee, in the recent Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls.

Mamata Banerjee ropes in Prashant Kishor

This is the first time that the TMC has hired professional assistance for its political survival since it came to power in the state in 2011.

07 Jun 2019 2:37 AM

Prashant Kishor is credited with YSR Congress chief Jagan Reddy's sweep in Andhra Pradesh, where the incumbent Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's party has been voted out of power. (Photo: File)

Political strategist Prashant Kishor to work with Mamata: Sources

Prashant Kishor met with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjeeearlier today and has agreed to work with her.

06 Jun 2019 5:43 PM

Rabri Devi in her statement on Friday had said that Kishor met Lalu Yadav at least five times earlier with his offer and if he denies, it would be a blatant lie. (Photo: PTI)

Prashant Kishor rubbishes Rabri Devi’s merger claim

Political analysts are of the opinion that the latest controversy may create problems for the JD(U) in the 2019 general elections.

14 Apr 2019 12:46 AM

Prashant Kishor proposed merger of RJD, JD(U), says Rabri Devi

Her statement has caused rumblings and discomfort in the ruling NDA especially in Nitish Kumar camp.

13 Apr 2019 1:42 AM

BJP wagers Brahmin vote, friendship costs Kishor

Brahmins have been loyal BJP supporters since the Ram Mandir movement of the early Nineties.

07 Apr 2019 12:01 AM

Kumar had severed his ties with the Grand Alliance in July, 2017, less than two years after his partnership with arch rival Prasad and the Congress succeeded in delivering a crushing defeat to the BJP-led NDA in the assembly polls. (Photo:File)

‘Bogus’ tweets Prashant Kishor on Lalu Prasad’s claims on Nitish Kumar

Kishor, had worked with Kumar and Prasad as a strategist during 2015 assembly polls.

05 Apr 2019 7:55 PM

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