Prashant Kishore, a native of Bihar, is the media and political adviser for YCP President Jaganmohan Reddy. He has got popularity as a success-bringing election consultant though he tasted some failures as well. The political circles are full of rumours that Prashant Kishore is playing a key role in the changed strategies of Jaganmohan Reddy in allotment of tickets and also giving counter statements to TDP criticism.

There has been a lot of dissatisfaction within YCP about Jagan’s over dependence on the Bihari consultant. Apparently to take advantage of this, TDP chief and CM Chandrababu Naidu began commenting on this. CM said that by using the mindset of Prashant Kishore in AP politics, Jagan is wanting to convert AP into another Bihar. There is a country-wide feeling that Bihar is an example of poverty, backwardness, lawlessness and violence.

In internal party meetings, Chandrababu said the TDP would stop the Jagan-Modi-KCR trio from getting a grip over Andhra Pradesh in the coming election. The Telugu Desam Party is prepared to take any kind of risk and face all challenges to counter Jagan’s desperate and cheap strategies.