This is the real story: Prashant Kishor, who's spent his career managing other people's campaigns, is seeking votes for himself for the first time — against BJP's Neeraj Kumar Sinha Bharti in the seat once held by BJP national president Nitin Nabin. It's personal for Nabin too; his father won this seat first back in 1990, and Nabin himself won it four straight times before moving to the Rajya Sabha. The BJP's original pick, Abhishek Kumar Sinha "Bunty," actually withdrew his nomination over "personal and family reasons" before Bharti got the ticket — a wrinkle that got buried under the bigger PK-vs-BJP framing. Polling is July 30.