Prashant Kishor to get ''Z'' category security? Speculations

Political circles in West Bengal were abuzz on Monday with speculations that poll strategist

Prashant Kishor is likely to be accorded 'Z' category security by the state police.

However, both the state secretariat and top leadership of the TMC remained tightlipped. Repeated calls to Kishor also

went unanswered. The development comes amid hearsay that the architect

of several successful political campaigns might join Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress ahead of the 2021 assembly

polls. Hitting out, CPI(M) Legislative Party leader Sujan

Chakraborty asked why was Kishor being provided 'Z' category security at the expense of the state government despite having

no relation with public life in West Bengal. "Is @PrashantKishor being provided Z Category

security? At the #GoWB expenses? Why? No relation with public life in #Bengal. Is it planted by @AmitShah ? Seems the

closeness with @MamataOfficial is causing one insecure! Highly deplorable & conspicuous!" he tweeted.

The JD(U) last month expelled Kishor, who was its vice-president, saying his conduct in the recent past had made

it clear that he did not want to abide by the party's discipline.

Kishor, like the West Bengal chief minister, has been a strong critic of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the

National Population Register (NPR). According to TMC sources, Kishor shares a very good

rapport and working relation with Banerjee. After its dismal performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha

polls, the TMC hired Kishor to strategise and fix the lacunae before next year's assembly elections. Kishor's strategy

worked for the party in the November bypolls as it won all three assembly seats.