Prashant Kishor dumps Sonia Gandhi's offer, says party needs collective will, leadership
26 Apr 2022 17:10:15
New Delhi, April 26: Giving a setback to the Congress, poll strategist Prashant Kishor has turndown the Congress president Sonia Gandhi's offer to join the party as a member of an Empowered Action Group. Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala took to Twitter to inform that Kishor had declined the party's invitation to join the Group.
"Following a presentation and discussions with Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted an Empowered Action Group 2024 and invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. He declined," Surjewala tweeted. "We appreciate his efforts and suggestion given to the party," he added.
Kishor had on 16 April given a detailed presentation on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections at a meeting of top Congress leaders at party president Sonia Gandhi's residence.
Following a presentation and discussions with Kishor, Congress President Sonia Gandhi constituted a Empowered Action Group 2024 and invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility.
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Kishor also confirmed that he declined to join Congress and become a part of the Empowered Action Group. He opined that the outfit needs leadership and collective will to fix the problems.
"I declined the generous offer of #congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections. In my humble opinion, more than me the party needs leadership and collective will to fix the deep rooted structural problems through transformational reforms," Kishor tweeted.
Notably, Kishor had several meetings with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao Rashtra Samithi and soon after Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) signed a deal with the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC). Kishor is the founding member of I-PAC.