The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s West Bengal unit on Monday charged poll strategist Prashant Kishor and his team members with interfering in the functioning of the state government officers and looking into the confidential files of the various departments. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Kishor's organisation, Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), denied the allegations.
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Following reverses in the Lok Sabha polls, the TMC has hired Kishor headed I-PAC to shore up its popularity in the state ahead of the assembly election in 2021. BJP state general secretary Sayantan Basu claimed that Kishor and his team members are visiting government offices and, in the name of seeking feedback of the people, ordering officers and are looking into confidential files of the various departments.