Prashant Kishor | Photo credit: Times Now
New Delhi: Prashant Kishor, a political analyst and “political assistant” to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said on Wednesday that the BJP “has underperformed Amit Shah’s high demands in state elections.” In an exclusive interview with Navika Kumar, Group Editor – Politics, Times Group, Kishor admitted that BJP has become Mamata Banerjee’s only rival in West Bengal, but added that the party will find it difficult to cross the 99-100 mark. seats in the state.
He also expressed confidence that Trinamool will have a decisive victory and admitted that the elections in West Bengal are ‘bipolar’ between BJP and TMC.
“Interior Minister Amit Shah often makes outlandish claims in state polls … Interior Minister Amit Shah said Devendra Fadnavis would be CM and we know the fact … he did not do well in state polls. Maharashtra, Delhi and Jharkhand, “Kishor said. .
BJP ‘will have a hard time crossing double digits’ on WB
“In fact, I think BJP will have a hard time crossing ‘double digits’ in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls,” Kishore said, adding that it was his “confidence” that led him to make the prediction. Indirectly hitting BJP leaders like HM Shah and BJP Chairman JP Nadda, who have been making visits to the eastern state before the Assembly elections, Kishor said that “ those who visit West Bengal from time to time do not they can predict the seats they will make. ” sure’.
“Some of them can’t even name Bengal districts … If BJP crosses 100, I’ll quit the work I’m doing … I have facts that prove BJP will have a hard time crossing 99 seats or 100. BJP aims to target only the 70 percent of the voters in Bengal, “he said.
Kishor accepted that there is anti-incumbency against the TMC government, but expressed confidence that the people of West Bengal are voting for ‘Didi’. “These elections are between TMC and BJP and not about anyone else,” he said.
On the resignations of TMC leaders like Suvendu Adhikari
Commenting on the resignations of TMC leaders, Kishor said: “PM Modi himself had said that 40 TMC MLAs are in contact with BJP. Since 2019, only 7 TMC MLAs have defected to BJP.”
He also said that although it is “good to be ambitious in politics”, anyone who leaves the party is a setback. “Voters will decide whether Mamata Banerjee was right or Suvendu Adhikari,” he said.
