‘Till electoral defeat in HP, Gujarat’: For Prashant Kishor, Congress misses bus with Chintan Shivir

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Friday termed the Congress’ ‘chintan camp’ as a failure as he took a dig at the meeting to “give some time to the leadership, at least till the electoral debacle in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh”.

Kishor, who had previously been involved in hectic talks with the Grand Old Party, left the party earlier this month amid talks of joining hands with them, noting that more than him, the party was facing deep-rooted structural problems. It took leadership and collective will to fix. through transformational reforms.

Kishor had sought a free hand to revive the Congress, but a section of leaders was wary of his association with him and other political parties.

Later, the strategist decided to choose a new shift from Bihar and is set to launch his ‘Jan Suraj Abhiyan’ (good governance campaign) from Vaishali district on May 20, a 3,000-km ‘padyatra’ proposed on the occasion. is long ago. Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October

Taking to Twitter on Friday, Kishor said: “I have been repeatedly asked to comment on the result of #UdaipurChintanShivir. In my view, it failed to achieve anything meaningful except prolong the status quo and give the #Congress leadership at least some time till the impending electoral defeat in Gujarat and HP!”

When Congress was considering bringing Kishor on board, a section of veterans was thinking twice about his entry, given his affiliation with several political outfits, which are pitted against the Congress. Even the dissident group in the party, known as G23, was not very impressed with the idea of ​​Kishor’s inclusion as they said that the leadership was ignoring and ignoring the inner talent and trusting someone who who is not loyal to the party and a professional adviser.

The poll strategist had earlier joined the JD(U) but was expelled in January 2020 over his stand on the Citizenship Amendment Act. He was included in their assembly election campaigns by Trinamool Congress, DMK and Aam Aadmi Party.

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