Prashant bids adieu to Vijay, for now
Prashant Kishor
has taken a break as advisor to actor
Vijay
and his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). Kishor told TOI that he is busy with election work in Bihar and will take a call about continuing as Vijay's advisor after Nov.
More than 30 employees of Simple Sense Analytics, who Kishor had made available for TVK, exited recently; a few others of the team are now working for Voice of Commons, a consultancy firm run by TVK general secretary (election campaign management) Aadhav Arjuna, multiple sources confirmed. While Arjuna is recruiting for VoC, independent consultant Jhon Arokiasamy continues to work for TVK.
All major political parties in Tamil Nadu have activated their war rooms for the 2026 assembly election.
DMK is working with IPA-C (Indian Political Action Committee) and Robbin Sharma, who helped TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and Shiv Sena chairperson Eknath Shinde script success in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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Sources said TN deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin is taking advice from some former team members of poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu, besides PEN (Populus Empowerment Network), a DMK-affiliated socio-political research organisation.
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AIADMK has engaged Sravanth Devabhaktini and Hari Kasula, who heads the Hyderabad-based Pramanya Strategy Consulting. With a team of more than 200 members, the group has worked in 18 states since 2011 and strategised for TDP's Chandrababu Naidu and BJP's Pawan Kalyan and Vasundhara Raje.
Sources said Kishor had held talks with AIADMK before leaning to the TVK camp. "He was riding two horses, and EPS showed him the door," said a senior AIADMK functionary.
While still an advisor to Vijay, Kishor, in an interview to a Tamil news channel on March 1, had been categorical that TVK will go it alone for the 2026 assembly election in TN.
All major political parties in Tamil Nadu have activated their war rooms for the 2026 assembly election. DMK is working with IPA-C (Indian Political Action Committee) and Robbin Sharma, who helped TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and Shiv Sena chairperson Eknath Shinde script success in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Sources said TN deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin is taking advice from some former team members of poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu, besides PEN (Populus Empowerment Network), a DMK-affiliated socio-political research organisation. AIADMK has engaged Sravanth Devabhaktini and Hari Kasula, who heads the Hyderabad-based Pramanya Strategy Consulting. With a team of more than 200 members, the group has worked in 18 states since 2011 and strategised for TDP's Chandrababu Naidu and BJP's Pawan Kalyan and Vasundhara Raje.
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