{"id":9640,"date":"2026-08-07T08:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=9640"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:39:43","slug":"prashant-kishor-meets-ncp-chief-sunetra-pawar-after-bypoll-win-bjp-upset-mumbai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=9640","title":{"rendered":"Prashant Kishor meets NCP chief Sunetra Pawar after bypoll win, BJP upset | Mumbai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133019544,imgsize-113115,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg\" alt=\"Prashant Kishor meets NCP chief Sunetra Pawar after bypoll win, BJP upset\" title=\"Prashant Kishor met NCP leaders Sunetra and Parth Pawar after his recent election victory.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Prashant Kishor met NCP leaders Sunetra and Parth Pawar after his recent election victory.\">Prashant Kishor met NCP leaders Sunetra and Parth Pawar after his recent election victory.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MUMBAI: Jan Suraaj party founder and prominent political strategist <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/prashant-kishor\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prashant Kishor<\/a>, who won the Bankipur bypoll in Bihar this week after defeating the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bjp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJP<\/a>, called on the deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar from the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ncp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCP<\/a> and her MP son Parth Pawar, on Thursday. This is the second time Kishor is meeting them in three months, raising questions about whether they want him to become the party&#8217;s political advisor.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The meeting has upset the BJP, the NCP&#8217;s alliance partner in the government, which says it is inappropriate for a constituent of the NDA to engage with an opponent of the BJP. The BJP was especially unhappy about the meeting taking place so soon after Kishor won the bypoll at the long-held BJP bastion Bankipur.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>&#8220;We cannot be fighting elections together on one hand while simultaneously engaging a strategist who has built his recent political identity around defeating the BJP,&#8221; said a BJP functionary.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>&#8220;One meeting may be dismissed as a courtesy call. Repeated closed-door discussions naturally raise questions,&#8221; the BJP functionary added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>During the 2024 assembly polls, the NCP&#8217;s strategy was crafted by Design Box, but they later parted ways. This has raised questions about whether Kishor will become the party&#8217;s next political strategist.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>However, after their meeting in May, Parth Pawar had denied this on X, saying Kishor was a close family friend. &#8220;To the best of my knowledge, it has been a few years since he has quit the political advisory space. I don&#8217;t see that changing but I can assure all those who are interested that we are and will always be available to each other whenever needed,&#8221; he had said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/prashant-kishor-meets-ncp-chief-sunetra-pawar-after-bypoll-poll-win-bjp-upset\/articleshow\/133019518.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prashant Kishor met NCP leaders Sunetra and Parth Pawar after his recent election victory. MUMBAI: Jan Suraaj party founder and prominent political strategist Prashant Kishor, who won the Bankipur bypoll in Bihar this week after defeating the BJP, called on the deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar from the NCP and her MP son Parth Pawar, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/prashant-kishor-met-ncp-leaders-sunetra-and-parth-pawar-after-his-recent-election-victory.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Prashant Kishor met NCP leaders Sunetra and Parth Pawar after his recent election victory. 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