Prashant Kishor declines Mamata Banerjee's Rajya Sabha berth offer

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has declined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's offer to minate him as TMC candidate for  upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections to be held on March 26. A top source said that Prashant Kishor has declined Didi's Rajya Sabha offer. 

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source also ded. "Kishor extended his gratitude towards Didi for offer but has politely declined Rajya Sabha mination as he wants to stay away from Legislative Politics for some time". He would continue to guide TMC, as a poll strategist. "But as far as politics is concerned he wants to consolidate his foothold in Bihar through "Baat Bihar ki" campaign, wherein he would galvanize youth for development of Bihar in next 10 years. Aligning with any political party is out of question at moment. Very soon Prashant Kishor would travel in every district of Bihar," source ded.

After being expelled from JDU, Prashant Kishor in a press conference in Patna on February 18 h questioned Nitish Kumar's developmental plank and h also raised issues that ail Bihar. Kishor h also launched his "Baat Bihar ki" campaign through which he plans to mobilize 1 crore youth. 

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Declining Rajya Sabha offer is a long term game plan of Prashant Kishor as he doesn't want to commit same mistake of joining any political outfit very soon. First, Kishor wants to strengn his political base in his home state Bihar for which a detailed travel plan is being charted out before 2020 Vidhan sabha elections. Being a poll strategist, Prashant Kishor has access to political corridor of India, and idea behind declining Rajya Sabha offer is that if he accepts TMC offer it will limit his political stature.

Kishor has charted a long term plan for himself and want to give 5-10 years in dusty political arena of Bihar carving a niche for himself on developmental plank and maybe form a political party in near future. After Nitish Kumar, re will be a vacuum, and he wants to seize opportunity. Sources say that Didi has asked Prashant Kishor to reconsider his decision but Prashant has his eyes set on political battlefield of Bihar and emerges as a top leer of his home state in near future.

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