Prashant Kishor shifts focus from himself, says solely Mamata Banerjee shall be accountable in the event that they lose West Bengal

On Saturday (April 7), audio clips of a Clubhouse dialog between Lutyens journalists and election strategist Prashant Kishor went viral the place Kishor had a lot as accepted defeat in West Bengal. Now, in an interview with Rajdeep Sardesai, whereas making an attempt to fire-fight the fall-out from the Clubhouse dialog, Prashant Kishor appears to have neatly positioned the narrative in charge Mamata Banerjee and TMC on 2nd May, ought to they lose West Bengal.
In an interview with Rajdeep Sardesai, Prashant Kishor says that “parties win or lose because of their own intrinsic strength, the leadership, the work they have done or they have not done. We, or people like us, can only help in the margin”.
Basically PK is saying precisely what advertisers (some do) inform purchasers. If your product is weak, a shiny advert that I make can not work any magic at level of buy. But it’s your cash, you need to throw it at me, go proper forward. pic.twitter.com/IOqvdadYRJ— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) April 12, 2021
Further, inferring from what Prashant Kishor mentioned, Rajdeep Sardesai asks him whether or not he implies that he can not flip a dropping combat right into a profitable combat. Pat got here the response, “absolutely not”.
While no person actually expects ballot strategists to be miracle staff, what Prashant Kishor appears to be doing right here is making an attempt to set the inspiration to push the blame solely on Mamata Banerjee ought to TMC lose the crucial West Bengal 2021 Assembly Elections. It is vital to do not forget that solely a few days in the past, Prashant Kishor had admitted on a content material app Clubhouse that in line with the TMC inside survey, BJP was profitable a snug victory in West Bengal.
Earlier, if one recollects, Prashant Kishor had categorically mentioned that if BJP makes it to the three-digit mark, he was all set to stop his job as a ballot strategist and retire.
Therefore, it’s evident that the West Bengal elections are as crucial for Prashant Kishor as they’re for Mamata Banerjee. Given that the rumours point out, as alluded to by Prashant Kishor himself, that Mamata Banerjee could lose Bengal as a result of now she solely listens to Prashant Kishor, the ballot strategist appears to be on overdrive to make use of sympathetic journalists to construct a story that may later be used to exonerate his position in TMC’s loss.
Prashant Kishor rose to fame after he ‘managed’ the 2014 Lok Sabha elections for BJP and PM Narendra Modi. Riding on the Modi wave, Kishor positioned himself, with assist from a pleasant media, in fact, as one who could make or break political fortunes. However, he has had a string of failures ever since. He couldn’t promote Rahul Gandhi to the individuals of India, failed with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, failed in states like Uttar Pradesh.
People appear to be catching on to the truth that Kishor merely rose to fame as a result of he managed to be part of a marketing campaign the place the chief he was with already had a wave of help within the nation and that he failed miserably when the election really wanted to be turned. And he is aware of that. Owing to that, Prashant Kishor appears to be determined and he appears to be his media mates to rescue his personal skilled prospects ought to he fail spectacularly in West Bengal as properly.