TDP spokesperson Lanka Dinakar has strongly condemned the news that Chandrababu Naidu has held talks with political consultant Prashant Kishor, who worked with YS Jaganmohan Reddy in recent years.

"We are currently introspecting the reasons for our party's defeat in the elections. We condemn the propaganda that TDP is going to use the services of Prashant Kishor's I-PAC," Dinakar has said.

There has been a widespread rumour, supported by unverified media reports, that CBN has already clinched a multi-year contract with PK. With the official spokesperson's clarification, the record has been put straight. PK will busy himself with strategising for Mamata Banerjee's TMC in the coming months and years. He could also work with AIADMK if some reports are to be believed.