BJP will have trouble crossing double digits in Bengal: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor | India News


CALCUTTA: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Monday he broke his silence on the Bengal assembly elections and took to social media to claim that BJP he will have a “hard time crossing double digits” in 2021. He promised to leave Twitter if he was proven wrong.
The saffron party, which has already set the tone for the campaign in motion, was quick to react saying that the country will lose an electoral strategist, although without naming him. On Sunday, Minister of the Interior of the Union Amit shah He had said that the BJP will cross 200 seats in the 294-seat Bengal assembly.
Kishor, TMC-appointed political strategist, tweeted Monday: “Despite all the hype amplified by a supportive media section, in reality BJP will have a hard time crossing double digits.” Kishor even dared BJP to save this post to Twitter. “Please save this tweet and if BJP does better, I must leave this space.”

State Minister and TMC Leader Malay Ghatak tweeted in support, stating that BJP will “have a hard time crossing double digits” in the 2021 polls. Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim said: “Rest assured that the Faceless BJP will fall flat in 2021. ” BJP’s Bengal caretaker Kailash Vijayvargiya replied on his Twitter account: “With the ongoing BJP tsunami in Bengal, after forming the government we will see the country lose an electoral strategist.” BJP Bengal Co-Caregiver Arvind menon He tagged Kishor’s tweet to say, “BJP doesn’t rely on others’ predictions, we believe ours.”

He said: “Didi will be isolated” and “BJP will win 200 seats … early greetings for his farewell.”

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