Prashant Kishor replies to Union minister Hardeep Puri's claim of not knowing him
New Delhi/IBNS: Poll strategist and JD(U) leader Prashant Kishor who had been vocal against the newly-amended Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens and had been signed by the AAP to plan its poll campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections, on Saturday replied to Union Minsiter Hardeep Puri's claim of not knowing him.
"Why would such a big leader know an ordinary man like me," he was quoted as saying by NDTV.
On Friday, Puri, who is the Urban Housing Minister in the Union government, had downplayed any impact of Kishor's consultancy I-PAC on the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.
"Hardeep Singh Puri-ji is correct. He is a senior minister. Why will he know an ordinary man like me? (But) I know him because some of the works of his department are relevant in the Assembly elections in Delhi," Prashant Kishor was quoted as saying by the news organisation and added that it was "correct" for him to not know everyone.
"In Delhi lakhs of people like me... from UP, Bihar... live and struggle to make a space for themselves in the city. If a big person like Hardeep Singh Puri will try to know about such a big number of people, it will go against his status, post, and dignity. It will not suit his status," he added.
Earlier this year, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress signed Prashant Kishor's I-PAC to arrest BJP's growing influence in the state in the run up to the state Assembly elections in 2021.
Kishor also helped YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy sweep the state polls and claim power in Andhra Pradesh.
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