Two Prashant Kishor proteges in a battle for Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh By SNV Sudhir December 11, 2022 Read the article

Former colleagues and poll strategists Rishi Raj Singh and Robbin Sharrma find themselves on opposite sides of Andhra Pradesh politics.

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They were colleagues at Citizens for Accountable Governance (CAG) which played a crucial role in bringing the Narendra Modi-led BJP to power in 2014.

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They went on to become founding members of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) with Prashant Kishor in 2015.

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Singh, who is currently heading I-PAC, is working with YSRCP. Sharrma, with his ShowTime Consultancy, is engaged with TDP.

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An MBA graduate with a certification in robotics from IIT Bombay, Sharrma worked as a consultant with Accenture before he joined CAG.

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Among the campaigns entrusted to Sharrma are “Chai Pe Charcha” and the “Rahul Sang Khat Sabha” campaign.

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TDP’s latest campaign “Idhem Kharma”, aimed at exposing the alleged misrule and failures of the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government, is said to be Sharrma’s brainchild.

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Rishi Raj Singh, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, worked with HSBC and Credit Suisse before becoming one of the founding members of CAG.

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Singh headed CAG’s operations in implementing Narendra Modi’s personal campaigns in Uttar Pradesh.

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In 2019 polls I-PAC’s campaign strategies, especially of Jagan’s padayatra, helped YSRCP to romp home with a historic win.

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The first outreach programme ‘Gadapa Gadapa Ku Mana Prabhuthvam’ launched a few months back is being closely monitored by I-PAC teams

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