rashant Kishor (born 1977)[1] is an Indian political strategist and politician.

He joined Janata Dal (United) in

September 2018.[2][3] He was expelled from the party on 29 January 2020 for criticizing party head, Nitish
Kumar's, supportive stand on Citizenship Amendment Act (2019).[4] Initially trained in public health, Kishor has
worked for the United Nations for eight years before entering into Indian politics.[5][6]
Kishor has worked as an election strategist for DMK, BJP and Congress. His first major political campaign was
in 2011 to help Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat get re-elected 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, helped the Narendra Modi-
led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win an absolute majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.[7] In a 2018
interview, Karan Thapar recalled having been told by Pawan Verma that Kishor had shown Modi his famous
broken off interview with Karan Thapar 30 times, to train him on how to answer difficult questions.[8]

Contents

 1Personal life and career

 2CAG and the 2014 general-election campaign
 3I-PAC and the 2015 Bihar Assembly election campaign
 4Punjab Assembly Election 2017
 5Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2017
 6Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2019
 7Delhi Assembly Elections 2020
 8Bihar Elections 2020
 9West Bengal Elections 2021
 10Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021
 11References