Prashant Kishor likely to join Congress in coming days: Sources
New Delhi, April 21: After two days of talks with Congress top brass, poll strategist Prashant Kishor is likely to join the main Opposition party in the next few days while the party leaders are said to be still examining about 600 slides presented by him for strengthening the organisation, sources informed.
Kishor will hold talks with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, while Rahul Gandhi along with the national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is also likely to take part in the deliberations on the issue of the joining of the poll strategist.
PK may join Congress in the next three to four days, sources close to the election strategist said. Talks on joining Congress are only between Gandhis and Kishor, they added.
According to sources, "The committee formed by Congress chief has no link or say in the joining of Kishor. The party leaders have just seen a part of the presentation. A 600-slide presentation has been submitted by Kishor to Congress. No one has so far seen the complete presentation."
Kishor met Sonia Gandhi at her residence on April 18. He had met the party president on April 16 as well.
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Notably, Congress is gearing up for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections and is hoping for support from the poll strategist. Earlier, Venugopal had said that Kishor had given a detailed presentation with a road map for the 2024 general elections.
Responding to queries, he said Kishor's role in the Congress party will be known within a week.
Sources had previously stated that Kishor, in his presentation, suggested that Congress should fight alone in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha, and it should form alliances in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Maharashtra to which Rahul Gandhi has agreed.
Kishor also has said that Congress should focus on 370 Lok Sabha constituencies for the 2024 general elections.
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