Prashant Kishor the teacher fails miserably as a student

PK must fan out to other states to keep himself relevant and challenge status quo like FPPS & freebies, which are gnawing at our democracy

- S MURLIDHARAN

That Jan Suraaj party, founded by the redoubtable election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor (PK), contested 238 seats in Bihar out of 243, won none, and garnered only 2-3% of the votes, has predictably elicited jibes and barbed comments on his much-vaunted political acumen.

PK is celebrated for having worked as a perceived successful political strategist for several political parties, including the BJP, JD(U), INC, AAP, YSRCP, DMK and the TMC. His first major political campaign was in 2011 to help Narendra Modi, then chief minister of Gujarat, get reelected to the CM office for a third time in the Gujarat Assembly Elections, 2012. However, he came to wider public attention when Citizens for Accountable Governance (CAG), an election-campaign group he conceptualised, reportedly helped the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win an absolute majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.