Prashant Kishor-Congress Split: What Went Wrong | Hot Mic with Nidhi Razdan

Hot Mic with Nidhi Razdan: The big political buzz this week - the break-up of star poll strategist Prashant Kishor and the Congress party. It was almost a done deal and then it dramatically fell apart. Why?

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The big political buzz this week was the break-up of star poll strategist, Prashant Kishor and the Congress party. It was almost a done deal, and then it dramatically fell apart. The question is - why? Well, to begin with, PK, as he is called, wanted a free hand to run things as he wished. This was not acceptable to the Congress, which offered him a position on what it called an empowered group or committee that would look at the 2024 election campaign. PK likes to have a direct line to all leaders that he works with. Whether it was Prime Minister Modi or Mamata Banerjee. He wanted the same with Sonia Gandhi. But the Congress has a more collective setup. It is after all, a party that's more than a 100 years old. Sources tell NDTV that PK was offered the functional responsibility of election management of this empowered Congress committee that would look at the 2024 campaign. But PK wanted to be Political Secretary to Congress president, Sonia Gandhi or the vice-president of the party. There was also the trust factor. A section of the Congress views PK warily because of his past associations with other political parties, particularly, the BJP.