Congress Member or Main Strategist? All Eyes on Prashant Kishor’s Next Route After Meet With Party Brass

Election strategist Prashant Kishor is meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and K C Venugopal, amid speculation that he will join the party, which has recently faced a string of electoral defeats, sources said.

Top Congress leaders on Saturday met at the residence of party president Sonia Gandhi and are learnt to be discussing the current political situation. According to reports, poll strategist Prashant Kishore is also attending the meeting at Sonia Gandhi’s residence. There has been buzz of a slight possibility of Kishore joining the Congress, though sources close to the poll strategist have denied such an event.

The leader had recently resumed talks with the Gandhis about playing a role in resurrecting the Congress in the run-up to the 2024 general election. The two sides had previously disagreed following several rounds of teaming-up talks.

Reports mentioned sources as saying the Congress leaders are also discussing the party’s strategy for upcoming assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and holding the party’s ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Rajasthan.