{
  "id": 263983,
  "title": "Prashant Kishor meets Sunetra Pawar days after Bankipur bypoll win. Why? NCP reveals reason",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/prashant-kishor-meets-sunetra-pawar-days-after-bankipur-bypoll-win",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T12:19:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/prashant-kishor-meets-sunetra-pawar-days-after-bankipur-bypoll-win-why-ncp-reveals-reason-101786099785965.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Three days after Prashant Kishor's victory in the Bankipur assembly bypoll, he met with NCP president Sunetra Pawar in Mumbai. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen NCP's organisation and ensure government development programmes reach the grassroots, according to NCP spokesperson Suraj Chavan. Kishor attended the meeting alongside Sunetra Pawar, her MP son Parth Pawar, and senior NCP leaders. This was the second meeting between Kishor and Pawar since the passing of Pawar's husband and former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash. Following their first meeting, Parth Pawar had mentioned that Kishor was familiar to the family. Kishor's recent victory in Bankipur, where he defeated BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha, sent a clear message to the BJP and NDA leadership about the voters' demands for a different chief minister and a shift in the political discourse.",
  "summary": "Prashant Kishor, the founder of Jan Suraaj, met with Sunetra Pawar, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and Maharashtra deputy chief minister, three days after winning the Bankipur assembly bypoll. The meeting aimed to strengthen NCP's organisation and ensure that government development programmes reach the grassroots. This was the second meeting between Kishor and Pawar since her husband's death, and the first meeting had taken place a few months ago. Kishor's victory in the Bankipur bypoll is seen as a setback for the BJP, which had held the seat continuously since 1995.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}