Prashant Kishor meets top Congress leaders at 10 Janpath, second meeting in 3 days
India Today
Political strategist Prashant Kishor met top Congress leaders on Monday amid reports of joining the party. According to sources, Kishor stated in his presentation that there is a need to change the current organisational set up.
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor held a five-hour-long meeting with top Congress leaders such as Priyanka Gandhi, Ambika Soni, P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala at 10 Janpath on Monday.
This comes amid reports of Kishor joining the party ahead of the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This was the second meeting held by Congress with Kishor in three days.
According to sources, meetings are being held to chalk out a strategy for the 2024 general elections. Congress party has also asked poll strategist Prashant Kishor to join the party. This came after Prashant Kishor gave a detailed presentation on Lok Sabha elections during the meeting held at Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence on Saturday.
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A highly placed source had told India Today, "Prashant Kishor may join Congress. He will not be used as a consultant, rather he has been asked to join the party and work as a leader. He gave a detailed presentation about the roadmap and organisational changes needed in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha poll."
According to sources, Kishor stated that Congress should concentrate on 370 seats in Lok Sabha and in the rest of the seats it should forge alliances.
Kishor in his detailed presentation had reportedly stated that Congress should fight alone in Bihar, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh but form alliances in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and even Bengal.
