Prashant Kishor Reaches Out To Rahul Gandhi For Gujarat Campaign: Congress Sources
NDTV
The outreach comes after negotiations between the Congress leadership and Prashant Kishor towards a wider role for the strategist in galvanising the party broke down late last year.
Election strategist Prashant Kishor has reportedly reached out to Rahul Gandhi to work on the Congress party's campaign in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections later this year, according to two sources in the Congress, a dramatic turn of events after both sides fell out last year after several rounds of talks.
The outreach comes after negotiations between the Congress leadership and Mr Kishor towards a wider role for the strategist in galvanising the party broke down in September last year. The Congress subsequently signed up with a former associate of Mr Kishor to handle its election campaigns while Mr Kishor became a key point person for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.
Mr Kishor's latest pitch however is said to be a one-time offer to work only on the Gujarat elections with “no strings attached”, sources told NDTV.
The Congress is yet to take a call on Mr Kishor's proposal, which also came up during a meeting held by Rahul Gandhi with Gujarat Congress leaders on Tuesday.
