New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Prashant Kishor, who won big in the Bankipur assembly bypoll - a BJP bastion - on Monday, holds a degree in healthcare management and is fluent in French.

According to an India Today report, he worked with the United Nations-backed healthcare programmes before switching to politics. As a political strategist, Kishor previously scripted poll victories for prominent leaders like Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal.

Kishor created history on his electoral debut, garnering 64,151 votes over Neeraj Kumar, a low-key BJP youth wing leader, who was hurriedly fielded by the party after its candidate Abhishek "Bunty" pulled out at the eleventh hour, citing "family reasons.

According to the election affidavit, ...