Once a grand plan, now a bitter tussle
The Hindu
Prashant Kishor first wanted to make a plan with Rahul Gandhi, but now wants one without him
After months of negotiations at several levels, a grand plan for the entry of election strategist Prashant Kishor into the Congress has collapsed into bitterness between the two, and outbursts on Thursday. Until late August, the Congress was trying to fit him into its organisational structure, but his demands were found to be unworkable and the idea was abandoned, according to a senior party functionary.
Mr. Kishor, who advises TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is coordinating her expansion drive outside West Bengal that is. “Sushmita Dev left the Congress for the TMC when we were still in talks... It is now very clear what his plans were... Good that we did not fall for that,” a senior Congress functionary told The Hindu.
Mr. Kishor did not respond to The Hindu’s request for an interview for this story.