Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor
Founder of Jan Suraaj
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 October 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Vice-President of Janata Dal (United)
In office
16 October 2018 – 29 January 2020
Preceded byUday Narayan Choudhary
Succeeded byLalan Singh
Personal details
Born
Prashant Kishor Pandey[1]

1976 or 1977 (age 47–48)[2]
Konar, Bihar, India
Political partyJan Suraaj
(2022–present)
Janata Dal (United)
(2018–2020)[citation needed]
SpouseJahnavi Das
Children1
OccupationPolitical Strategist and Tactician
Websitewww.jansuraaj.org

Prashant Kishor Pandey,[1][3] colloquially known as PK, is an Indian political strategist and tactician.[4] He worked in public health[5] programmes funded by the United Nations for eight years before venturing into Indian politics and working as a political strategist.[6][7]

Kishor has worked as a successful political strategist for several political parties including the BJP, JD(U), INC, AAP, YSRCP, DMK and TMC.[8][9][10] 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.[11][12] However, he came to wider public attention when Citizens for Accountable Governance (CAG), an election-campaign group he conceptualised, helped the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win an absolute majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.[13]

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  3. ^ Gautam, Isha (22 May 2024). "Prashant Kishor Forecasts Major Shifts in Modi Projects, Predicts BJP's Advantage In 2024 Elections". NewsX. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  4. ^ Karthikeyan, Ragamalika (2 May 2021). "It's a win for Prashant Kishor too — but is there a 'magic touch'?". The News Minute. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. ^ K, Sruthijith K. (7 October 2013). "Prashant Kishor: Meet the most trusted strategist in the Narendra Modi organisation". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Election Guru Prashant Kishor Join's Nitish Kumar's JD(U)". Headlines Today. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  7. ^ Tewary, Amarnath (16 September 2018). "Poll strategist Prashant Kishor joins JD(U)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Prashant Kishor joins Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United)". Livemint. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Prashant Kishor becomes Advisor to Bihar CM". The Hindu. 22 January 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Prashant Kishor- Is He Really A Master Poll Strategist?". 5 November 2021.
  11. ^ "'Sweet revenge': How Prashant Kishor took on mighty Modi-Shah machine & ruined BJP plans". ThePrint. 2 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Prashant Kishor, the man who created Modi wave, is Nitish's deputy". 16 October 2018.
  13. ^ qz.com, Sruthijith KK. "Meet the nonprofit whose backroom work powered Modi to victory". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2017.