Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, armed with recent successes in Bengal and Tamil Nadu, met with Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar for lunch in Mumbai. The four-hour meeting at the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief's home has fired buzz about his "Mission 2024" or the next national election. Later in the evening, Prashant Kishor also called on actor Shah Rukh Khan at his home "Mannat". Sources close to Mr Kishor described the meeting as a courtesy call and said they both have been friends for over three years and keep meeting regularly.