When Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) launched a poaching drive on Congress in different parts of the country – from Goa, Tripura and Meghalaya to Uttar Pradesh and Haryana – in the second half of last year, many political observers suspected it was actually a move mooted by political strategist Prashant Kishor, who was reportedly miffed at the Congress after his talks with its top leadership regarding joining the party did not fructify.