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Election strategist Prashant Kishor to give up if BJP will get 100+ seats in WB

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Amidst the continued Vidhan Sabha elections in West Bengal, election strategist Prashant Kishor has vowed to give up his occupation if BJP will get greater than 100 seats.
In an interview with the Indian Express, Kishor mentioned, “Around November-December last year, there was a lot of hype being created around the BJP, that they are going to sweep the state, get 200 seats etc. So, it was important for us to say publicly that this is not true… There is no way that in December the BJP was in a position to be winning 200 seats.”
He mentioned that he stood by his earlier evaluation that BJP can’t cross the double-digit mark. “And, in our assessment, they would struggle to enter triple digits, and I stand by that remark. If they do, I will cease to exist as a political aide to anyone. I must quit this space, and quitting this space does not mean Twitter; I won’t do this work ever,” he introduced.
Prashant Kishor additionally claimed that BJP has a 5-pronged technique for the West Bengal State Legislative elections. According to him, the technique consists of polarisation, discrediting Mamata Banerjee, collapsing the Trinamool Congress, PM Modi’s recognition and the vote of Scheduled Castes.
Prashant Kishore earlier introduced to give up Twitter if BJP crossed 100 seats
Prashant Kishor, the election strategist to Mamata Banerjee, claimed in December final yr that the BJP will get lower than 100 seats. He had introduced that he would give up Twitter if the BJP crossed the double-figure mark. He had additionally challenged BJP leaders to announce that they’d relinquish their positions in the event that they didn’t get 200 seats.
For all of the hype AMPLIFIED by a piece of supportive media, in actuality BJP will battle to CROSS DOUBLE DIGITS in #WestBengal PS: Please save this tweet and if BJP does any higher I have to give up this area!— Prashant Kishor (@PrashantKishor) December 21, 2020
On December 21, 2020, he tweeted, “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!” His announcement got here, following BJP heavyweight chief Amit Shah’s go to to West Bengal and the defection of 9 TMC MLAs and one MP.