Political strategist Prashant Kishor has thrown a challenge at BJP after its acquisition of Trinamool leaders during Amit Shah’s two-day visit to the state over the weekend.
Kishor, roped in last year by Mamata Banerjee for her Bengal campaign, said the BJP will “struggle to cross double digits” and promised to quit this “space” if the party did better than he predicted. Speculation on what he meant by “space” has been building.
“For all the hype AMPLIFIED by a section of supportive media, in reality BJP will struggle to CROSS DOUBLE DIGITS in #WestBengal. PS: Please save this tweet and if BJP does any better I must quit this space!” Kishor tweeted.
BJP leaders scoffed at the tweet, saying it was ambiguous as Kishor did not clarify what he meant by “space.”
A top executive of I-Pac, Kishor’s company, told that he meant leaving his job as election strategist.
“What he meant is quite obvious. He will leave his work if the BJP wins more than 99 seats in Bengal. Those in the BJP, who counter this, should be asked whether they will quit politics if he is proved right,” the executive, who is known to be close to Kishor, said on condition of anonymity.
The statement was significant because Union home minister and the BJP’s former national president Amit Shah has declared that his party will oust the Trinamool government by winning more than 200 seats.
