Prashant Kishor not made NCP's strategist, met Sharad Pawar to 'unite' opposition: Nawab Malik

This was Prashant Kishor's first meeting with Sharad Pawar after the victory of the DMK and the TMC in the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, respectively.

After Prashant Kishor's meeting with NCP chief Sharad Pawar ruffled political circles, party leader Nawab Malik clarified that the psephologist was not made the party's strategist. Even though Nawab Malik admitted that Prashant Kishor was a brilliant strategist, he informed that the meeting was instead held with an aim "to unite opposition parties". "There was no discussion on appointing him as a strategist of NCP. Pawar sahab wants to unite opposition parties. Efforts will be made towards this objective in coming days," Malik, Maharashtra's Minority Development Minister, said.