Mamata Banerjee today held an hour-long meeting with Prashant Kishore, who was credited with playing a key role in the electoral success of Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar, at a time speculation is rife that the Bengal government could hire the strategist's services for the Assembly polls. Trinamul sources said the chief minister's nephew, MP Abhishek Banerjee, and party all-India general secretary Subrata Bakshi were also present at the meeting at the party headquarters in Kasba.