Prasthan Kishor has on Thursday said, even as the polling was ongoing in Andhra Pradesh, that the TDP won't retain power. The sharp Bihari mind had worked as YS Jaganmohan Reddy's poll strategist in the past.

"CBN,⁩ when you lose trust of the people and your faith in their wisdom, after abuses and lies, you stoop down to circulating fake news. Few hours left for the polling to close but it’s clear that people of AP have decided their verdict. It is time to say #ByeByeBabu," PK, as he is famously called, tweeted out. The fake news pertains to a photoshopped image showing that PK regrets working with YSRCP. It was allegedly created by the TDP IT cell.

There are reports that Narendra Modi has plans to use PK to negotiate a post-poll alliance deal with YSRCP should the NDA fall short of a majority on May 23. The strategist will be the bridge between BJP and YSRCP in that case.