Ace ballot strategist Prashant Kishor right this moment put an finish to hypothesis round his becoming a member of the Congress, pointing to the necessity for efficient management and a collective will to undertake transformational reforms as a way to repair deep-rooted structural issues dealing with the get together. In a brief assertion put out on his Twitter deal with, Kishor mentioned he had declined a beneficiant supply by Congress to affix the get together as a part of its newly-constituted Empowered Action Group (EAG) and take duty for the elections.
Kishor’s assertion comes amid robust indications that he was prone to be part of the grand previous get together. “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 (sic),” Kishor mentioned on Twitter.
A affirmation of Kishor having rejected the Congress’ supply additionally got here from get together spokesperson Randeep Surjewala. “Following a presentation & discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted a Empowered Action Group 2024 & invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. He declined. We appreciate his efforts & suggestion given to party,” Surjewala mentioned in a tweet.
Kishor’s rejection put an finish to robust rumours of him becoming a member of the Congress as a part of its EAG.2024. The EAG is a brand new inner group constituted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi following the report by a committee set as much as deliberate on Kishor’s presentation to Congress.
Kishor was reportedly eager to affix the Congress and had desired to take action with none expectations, get together leaders aware of the developments had earlier mentioned. Kishor had additionally made a presentation to the get together on which its prime leaders deliberated final week.
While Kishor cited different elements behind his determination, a PTI report citing sources mentioned the explanation for his not becoming a member of the Congress was the pact signed by his firm I-PAC with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for the Telangana meeting elections which the Congress considered as a battle of curiosity. Kishor has earlier been roped in by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in West Bengal in addition to Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) in Bihar for election administration.
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