Prashant Kishor quits as Principal Advisor to Capt Amarinder Singh

Thursday, 5 August 2021Newsdesk

Political strategist Prashant Kishor has resigned as Principal Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ahead of the 2022 state Assembly election. He was appointed Principal Advisor by the chief minister in March this year and had already held meetings with state government officials and MLAs. He was expected to design Amarinder’s campaign for the next assembly election.

New Delhi, 05 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, Sources said Kishor in his resignation letter to the Chief Minister said, “As you are aware, in view of my decision to take a temporary break from an 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.” The Chief Minister’s Office has not confirmed yet that they have received the resignation. A senior official said he had “no idea” about his resignation. The development was, however, long-awaited ever since Kishor had announced to hang his boots from strategising after the West Bengal Assembly elections. After that, he had not visited Punjab although he had met Amarinder in Delhi recently after the CM had appeared before the Mallikarjun Kharge panel.

Source -indianexpress.com