Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has awarded his poll strategist Prashant Kishore by appointing him as his adviser for policy and programme implementation with Cabinet Minister status. Earlier on Tuesday the Cabinet gave sanction to the creation of this post.
Nitish’s man Friday Kishore played a prominent role in managing JD(U) election strategy, alliance and campaign which yielded good results for the party and the alliance. There had been speculations in the political circles that Nitish might nominate Kishore,37, to Rajya Sabha a few months later.
Kishore, who is also reportedly assisting former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Captain Amrinder Singh in Punjab assembly election, will advise Nitish on formulating policies and programmes for development. His appointment will be valid till further orders which means it has no fixed time period. Before joining Nitish, Kishore had worked with Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat Chief Minister and also Prime Ministerial candidiate in 2013 but after difference they parted ways when Modi became PM.