New Delhi:
The first prediction was about Bengal five years ago.
“BJP will struggle to cross double digits and will get less than 100 seats in West Bengal. Will quit my work if they do.” – Prashant Kishor (December 2020)
And the BJP did not. Its final seat count was 77.
Cut to 2025, he made another prediction in the run-up to Bihar polls.
“You can write this down. JDU, on its own strength, is going to get less than 25 seats. If this does not happen, I will quit politics. After the elections, the very existence of JDU will be in question.” – Prashant Kishor (June 2025)
This time, Prashant Kishor, whose own party was making a poll debut in Bihar, failed to live up to the hype. The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) won 3 times the number of seats predicted by the former poll strategist. The JDU’s final seat count was 85.
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