Famed number-cruncher and alleged election strategist Prashant Kishor was given a cabinet rank by Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh in March this 12 months. This was at a time when Kishor was serving to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee battle the battle of her life in opposition to the BJP. Prashant Kishor was appointed because the “principal adviser” to the Punjab chief minister. Since then, so much has modified in Punjab politics. Captain Amarinder Singh finds himself side-lined and remoted, Navjot Singh Sidhu has witnessed a meteoric rise throughout the Punjab Congress, and now, Prashant Kishor has resigned as Captain’s principal adviser.In a letter to Amarinder Singh, Prashant Kishor mentioned he was taking “a temporary break from active role in public life” and added he has but to determine on his subsequent transfer. “As you are aware, in view of my decision to take a temporary break from active role in public life, I have not been able to take over the responsibilities as your Principal Advisor. Since I am yet to decide on my future course of action, I write to request you to kindly relieve me from this responsibility,” Kishor mentioned in his letter.NDTV has reported that Prashant Kishor “will not be involved in the next round of elections”, signaling that his focus is on the 2024 common election. It is not any secret that the bonhomie between Prashant Kishor and the Gandhi household has been on the rise of late. Prashant Kishor’s entry into the Congress as a celebration functionary appears imminent. As part of the Congress, Kishor is seeking to construct a united opposition in opposition to the BJP to tackle the ruling social gathering within the subsequent common elections, which will probably be held in 2024.Prashant Kishor has been making strategic strikes. First, the person held common conferences with NCP supremo Sharad Pawar. Thereafter, final month, he additionally met Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra – each of whom are pushing the Congress to offer Kishor an necessary function throughout the social gathering. Prashant Kishor has been recognized to ally with winnable candidates. However, since no one within the opposition is successful in opposition to the BJP as of now, he’s attempting to sew collectively a united entrance to tackle the saffron social gathering.Read extra: Mamata’s Man Friday Prashant Kishor might be a part of Congress as Mamata’s agentAs luck might have it, Prashant Kishor’s departure from the BJP occurred in circumstances which don’t enable for a rapprochement. Therefore, the one possibility for Kishor to pursue and take part in energetic politics is by attempting to outlive within the opposition camp, and in some way work in direction of making it a entrance which might tackle the BJP by 2024. To that finish, Prashant Kishor will probably be assuming a elementary function in constructing the united opposition and strategizing for it.Prashant Kishor enjoys good rapport with many opposition leaders – amongst them Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, DMK supremo M Ok Stalin, AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal and fence-sitters similar to YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. He has labored with Rahul Gandhi previously as nicely, managing the social gathering’s unsuccessful marketing campaign within the Uttar Pradesh elections. This makes Prashant Kishor a unifying drive among the many anti-BJP events of the nation, who he hopes to deliver collectively to additional his personal political profession.However, constructing an anti-BJP coalition with all main regional opposition events isn’t straightforward. The Congress would desire a management function on this entrance, a lot on the strains of the UPA. Further, in case of victory, it will additionally need the Prime Minister’s put up for itself, by which we imply for Rahul Gandhi. Interestingly although, all potential constituents of the united opposition are events whose leaders are prime ministerial hopefuls. How Prashant Kishor will work round these, and lots of extra obvious faultlines among the many opposition ranks stays to be seen.