Prashant Kishor is an Indian politician, political strategist, and tactician who is known for not accepting the offer made by the Indian National Congress party in 2022 to join as a leader of an Empowered Action Group 2024.
Quick Info
| Full Name | Prashant Kishor |
| Nickname | PK |
| Profession | Politician, Political Strategist and Technician |
| Famous For | Not Joining the Indian National Congress party as a part of an Empowered Action Group 2024 constituted by the party in 2022 |
Personal Life
| Date of Birth | Year, 1978 |
| Age (as of 2024) | 46 Years old |
| Birthplace | Koran village, Rohtas district, Bihar |
| Zodiac Sign | Not Known |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Buxar, Bihar |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| School | He studied at a government school in Bihar |
| College/University | Patna Science College, Bihar |
| Education Qualification | Graduated |
Age
Prashant Kishore was born on 20 March 1977 and he was born in Konar village of Rohtas district. Later his father moved to Boxer in Bihar.
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Relationships & More
| Marital Status | Married |
| Marriage Date | Not Known |
| Affairs/Girlfriend | Not Known |
Family
| Wife | Jahnavi Das (doctor) |
| Children | Son: Daibik Daughter: Not Known |
| Parents | Father: Shrikanth Pande (doctor) Mother: Not Known |
| Siblings | Brother: Not Known Sister: Not Known |
Physical Stats & More
| Height (approx) | In centimeters- 175 cm In meters- 1.75 m In feet & inches- 5’9” feet |
| Weight (approx) | Not Known |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Measurement’s | Not Known |
Politics
| Political Party | Janata Dal (United) (16 September 2018 – 29 January 2020) |
| Political Journey | On 16 September 2018, he joined Janata Dal-United (JD-U) as a vice president of the party. On 29 January 2020, he was expelled from JD(U) for his statements against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. |
Some Lesser Facts
- Prashant Kishor is an Indian Political Strategist and planner.
- Before he started working as a political strategist in Indian politics, he was a public health expert at the United Nations in the United States for eight years.
- In 2011, he did his first campaign for Narendra Modi, who became the Chief Minister of Gujarat in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012.
- In 2016, Prashant campaigned for Indian National Congres’ Amarinder Singh for the Punjab Assembly Elections that were held in 2017. Many news channels credited Prashant and his team for their win in the Punjab Assembly Elections. After winning the elections, Amarinder Singh tweeted,
“As I have said many times before, PK & his team and their work was absolutely critical to our victory in Punjab!”
- IN 2017, he was appointed as a political advisor to the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party for the Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections in 2019 in which the party won 151 seats out of 175 seats.
- IN the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, Prashant was the election strategist for Aam Aadmi Party. The party bagged 62 out of 70 seats in the elections.
- In 2021, he campaigned for the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and the party won the elections.
- In March 2021, the former Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh appointed Prashant as his principal advisor, but on 5 August 2021, he resigned from the post. In his resignation letter, he wrote,
“As you are aware, in view of my decision to take a temporary break from active role in public life, I have not been able to take over the responsibilities as your Principal Advisor. Since I am yet to decide on my future course of action, I write to request you to kindly relieve me from this responsibility.”
- In 2021, in an interview, he declared his resignation as a political strategist. He further added,
“ I do not want to continue what I am doing. I have done enough. Time for me to take a break and do something else in life. I want to quit this space.”
- In 2018, when Prashant joined JD(U), it was reported that he would contest in the 2020 Bihar General Elections. In an interview, a leader from JD(U) said,
“If he was to prepare and help only in election management, then taking the membership of the party was not required at all. The very fact that he has joined our party clearly signals the possibility of him contesting elections. Nitish, though, has left it to him.”
- In 2022, he declined the offer by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to join the Congress party as part of the Empowered Action Group (EAG) for the 2024 general elections. In a Twitter post, he wrote,
“ I declined the generous offer of #Congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections. In my humble opinion, more than me, the party needs leadership and collective will to fix the deep rooted structural problems through transformational reforms.”