Prashant Kishor's "Teflon-Coated Imagery" Dig At Nitish Kumar's New Alliance

How the Grand Alliance 2.0 works in Bihar over the next few months would determine its impact on the 2024 general election, strategist Prashant Kishor told NDTV today ahead of the ceremony in which Nitish Kumar would take oath as Chief Minister for the eighth time.

Mr Kishor, who was earlier a part of Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), was speaking after a day of high drama in the politically significant state that saw Nitish Kumar walk out of the alliance with the BJP and tie up with Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal.

"If the formation is able to do well, it will be a formidable force. If they don't govern well, it would be a disadvantage," Mr Kishor told NDTV.