The PK-Congress deal: What went wrong | Inside story

The news that poll strategist Prashant Kishore (PK) and the Congress party have decided to part ways amiably even before the nuptials, spread like a wildfire in Lutyens. But what went wrong?

This afternoon, a tweet by AICC communication department head Randeep Surjewala took the entire political and media world by storm.

The news that poll strategist Prashant Kishore (PK) and the Congress party have decided to part ways amiably even before the nuptials, spread like a wildfire in Lutyens.

The blooming bond, which was the talk of the town, ended in a short span of time and that too abruptly.

While the rumour mills worked overtime and the “sutr” or sources had a field day, Congress’ highly placed sources said what led to the separation in this relationship was the factor that is a common one in any relationship that heads for splitsvilla - trust.

According to highly placed sources, a large chunk of leaders and workers in the Congress couldn’t trust PK. And the we-told-you-so moment came when I-PAC reportedly signed a deal with TRS in Telangana.

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Congress’ Telangana unit was up in arms and had sent an SOS to Delhi on Sunday night itself about the developments taking place in Hyderabad.