There was speculation about long-time election strategist Prashant Kishor leaving the Congress and three rounds of meetings were also held regarding this. But in the end the matter remained inconclusive. Congress and PK itself have declared that both are not coming together. Along with this, the chances of getting a booster dose through Prashant Kishor to the Congress, which has been facing the brunt of electoral defeats for a long time, also ended. Three main reasons are believed to be behind the deteriorating relations between Congress and Prashant Kishor. The first thing was that the Congress wanted Prashant Kishor to work only for the Congress, while his organization IPAC has recently agreed to work with KCR in Telangana as well.
Apart from this, Prashant Kishor was seeking the post of General Secretary and the status of Ahmed Patel, while the Congress was ready to include him in the Empowered Action Group 2024. Prashant Kishor did not want to get into this role, but was talking about making important changes in the Congress and bringing himself in the role of making suggestions. Third, the Congress was not ready to accept even Prashant Kishor’s proposal for organizational reshuffle. There was also a proposal of Prashant Kishor that instead of ‘Gandhi’, someone else should be made the president. Congress did not agree on this too.
Apart from this, one problem was Prashant Kishor being questioned by a group of Congress leaders. Many Congress leaders had questioned the credibility of Prashant Kishor and also cited Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s statement that he had made him the vice-president of JDU at the behest of Amit Shah. Although Sonia Gandhi was ready to sideline these questions and include Prashant Kishor in the party, the talk got stuck on some other big and principled issue.
Even though they did not come together, Prashant Kishor told the problem to the Congress
Even though Prashant Kishor has not become a part of Congress, but he has definitely put forth the main problem of the party. In the tweet that PK has given information about not joining the Congress, it has been clearly told that Congress needs more collective leadership than me. This is true to an extent. In fact, these days, from the national level to all the states, the Congress is struggling with the lack of leadership. It currently lacks such strong faces, who can woo voters on their own. In such a situation, it is not easy to create a narrative without leadership.