The Trinamul Congress has extended its contract with poll strategy group Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) till 2026, months after a successful partnership made Mamata Banerjee’s party win by a landslide victory in the Bengal Assembly elections.

According to a report by ndtv.com, this time, star election strategist Prashant Kishor will not be leading the I-PAC day-to-day operations, who has been largely deemed responsible for Trinamul’s huge success in the 2021 polls.

Kishor had said he wanted to quit the space days after the election results were out.

A report by anandabazar.com says that the TMC leadership wants to keep up the “PK Magic” in the upcoming days and has therefore made the decision keeping in mind the 2024 Lok Sabha and the 2026 Assembly elections.

The new contract says I-PAC will be involved in all state elections - panchayat and local body said NDTV in its report.

This comes a week after TMC leader Partha Chatterjee said that the party was looking to extend its wings nationally.

Kishor on Friday had called on NCP president Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence here and held talks with him for around three hours, setting tongues wagging in political circles.

NCP sources said apart from discussing the prevailing political situation, Pawar hosted lunch for Kishor.