How Prashant Kishor's Ex Aide Steered Tripura Ex Royal's Party Campaign
NDTV
Formed to push the demand for a Greater Tipraland, Mr Debburma's new party has won 13 seats in the assembly elections.
Tipra Motha, a regional party floated by Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debburman, scion of the erstwhile royal family, emerged as the second-largest party after the BJP in the recent Tripura election.
While Mr Debburman led the party, both on the field and online, a 30-year-old was working behind the scenes to help the newly-formed party take on the bigger political parties. Prasun Kumar, who once managed Prasant Kishor's office, was the brain behind the loud entry with music, big cut-outs of party chief Pradyot Manikya, movie screenings and rally stages made in the form of fashion show ramps - all of them became the talking point during the election campaigning.
A civil engineering graduate, Prasun Kumar had been working full-time with Pradyot Manikya since 2022. Unlike other political strategists in the country, he doesn't have any agency or organization of his own. Pradyot Manikya calls him his only 'political aide'.
Prasun Kumar started his career as a Strategy and Management Consulting Professional with a real estate firm but in 2018 he decided to pursue his passion for Politics and Public Policy and return to work in his home state of Bihar.
