Poster At Congress Office In UP Offers 5 Lakhs For Finding Prashant Kishor
Following the debacle of Congress and its alliance partner, the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly elections, a poster has appeared in front of the party’s office in Lucknow. The poster, bearing a photograph of Rajesh Singh, senior Congressman, who has served as a secretary four times for the party, announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh to anyone who found strategist Prashant Kishor.
Singh, who was suspended for his banter against Kishor at a party meeting chaired by veteran Raj Babbar over the weekend, stood by his words.
I stand by what I did. Prashant Kishor took us for a ride. We are honest workers who have given our blood and sweat for the party. Yet our views in the election were totally ignored. This (defeat) is the result of hiring these consultants who are out to make a quick buck.Rajesh Singh
Kishor, a political strategist, came to the fore following an overwhelming victory of the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2014 where he was a strategist. He later worked with the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) campaign in 2015 for the Bihar assembly elections for which he was accorded the rank of a cabinet minister. Kumar had loaned him to the Congress for the Uttar Pradesh elections. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh too, has praised Kishor for his work.
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