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Prashant Kishor Meets Pawars, Discusses NCP Strategy Amid Controversy
Prashant Kishor is a person whose job is to help political parties win elections.
He visited Mumbai to meet two leaders from a political party called the Nationalist Congress Party, or NCP.
Their names are Sunetra Pawar and Parth Pawar.
They talked about how the party should plan its future.
This meeting happened while the NCP and another party, the Congress, were arguing with each other.
The Congress party reportedly called Sunetra Pawar a hurtful name, 'Gungi Gudiya'.
The argument started after Congress shared a video online.
In the video, an NCP leader was protecting Sunetra Pawar from a reporter's question.
Prashant Kishor's new job is to help the NCP with its plans.
He will keep helping them for the next three years.
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor met NCP leaders Parth Pawar and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar at Devgiri Bungalow in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The meeting focused on the NCP's political strategy and future plans.
It comes amid controversy over alleged derogatory remarks by Congress targeting Sunetra Pawar, who was described as 'Gungi Gudiya'.
The political battle began after Congress shared a social media post showing NCP leader Dhananjay Munde shielding Sunetra Pawar from a journalist's question on the law-and-order situation in Beed district.
Kishor, appointed the party's strategist in June, will serve in the role for the next three years.
- Who
- Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, NCP leaders Parth Pawar and Sunetra Pawar, and the Congress party
- What
- A meeting to discuss the NCP's political strategy and future plans amid the 'Gungi Gudiya' controversy
- Where
- Devgiri Bungalow, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- When
- Wednesday, August 6, 2026
- Why
- To address issues the NCP faces amid Congress's alleged derogatory remarks and to strengthen the party at regional and state levels
NCP's position
Congress's position
The 'Gungi Gudiya' controversy
NCP's position
NCP says it faced controversy over alleged derogatory remarks by Congress targeting Sunetra Pawar, who was described as 'Gungi Gudiya', and both parties are now engaged in a war of words.
Congress's position
Congress shared a social media post showing NCP leader Dhananjay Munde shielding Sunetra Pawar from a journalist's question about the law-and-order situation in Beed district.
Key facts
- Event
- Meeting on NCP political strategy
- Attendees
- Prashant Kishor, Sunetra Pawar, Parth Pawar
- Location
- Devgiri Bungalow, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Date
- Wednesday, August 6, 2026
- Context
- 'Gungi Gudiya' controversy with Congress
- Kishor's role
- NCP strategist, appointed in June
- Tenure
- Three years
- Trigger of dispute
- Congress social media post on Dhananjay Munde shielding Sunetra Pawar from a Beed law-and-order question
Sources
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