“10 Janpath is once again in the news. The residence of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress President is at the centre of attention for the last few days. Reason? the frequent meetings with Poll strategist Prashant Kishor. After handling the political campaigns of different parties, in most of the cases ensuring success, Political strategist Prashant Kishor now wants to work with th grand old party of the Country- the Congress. It is important to note here that previously, Kishore had worked with the Congress and SP alliance in 2017 UP election for the campaign called UP Ke Ladke. The campaign projected Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav as the face. However, the campaign did not work and the BJP swept the state. The Saffron surge swept away most of the seats held by both the parties. After that, Prashant Kishor and Congress did not directly work together. When Capt Amarinder Singh was Punjab CM, he did hire the services of Prashant Kishor, but that was limited role. In the past few years, in fact since 2014, Prashant Kishor has worked with several parties including, BJP in 2014 campaign for Modi, JDU in Bihar, AAP in Delhi, DMK in Tamil Nadu, Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and TMC In West Bengal. He also had a short stint as a politician in Nitish Kumar’s JDU. But after his disagreement with Kumar over CAA and NRC issue, he was expelled from the party for indiscipline. However, even after that, he continued to work as a political strategist delivering several successful campaigns.
It is said that Prashant Kishore wanted to work for Congress for a long time. Reportedly, it was he who first approached Congress showing a willingness to work with the party for 2024. The Gandhi siblings also in the past held talks with him but the talks did not go through. After the bitter fallout, Prashant Kishore had also openly criticized the party. However, after Congress’ route in the recent state assembly elections, Prashant Kishor approached the party again and this time the meeting was held not only with the Gandhis but also with senior Congress members.
Multiple rounds of meetings have already been held in the past few days. Party’s communication head Randeep Singh Surjewala said that the party will announce the decision in 1-2 days.
But the speculations are rife about what happened in the meeting between Gandhis, Congress leaders and Prashant Kishor? Is Prashant Kishor Joining Congress as a leader of the party or will he act as a professional consultant? Arti Ghargi Explains.
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