Congress Leadership Not Divine Right Of Individul, Prashant Kishor Takes Veiled Dig At Rahul Gandhi

TPI Staff December 2, 2021

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Mumbai: Calling for the selection of the opposition leader in a democratic manner, election strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday hit out at the Congress, saying its leadership is not a divine right of any individual and pointed out that the party has lost more than 90 per cent elections in the last 10 years.

Kishor’s remarks came after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a jibe at the Congress, saying “someone” soon after a meeting in Mumbai with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, the Congress’s ally in Maharashtra.

Taking to Twitter, Kishor said, “The IDEA and SPACE that Congress represents is vital for a strong opposition. But Congress’ leadership is not the DIVINE RIGHT of an individual especially when the party has lost more than 90 per cent elections in the last 10 years. Let opposition leadership be decided Democratically.”

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Notably, the election strategist was chosen by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, which resulted in a landslide victory. However, Mamata’s remarks drew a strong response from the Congress party, which is currently led by interim president Sonia Gandhi.

At an event in Mumbai, the TMC chief said that defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be very easy if all regional parties come together. The Trinamool Congress was once part of the United Progressive Alliance, an alliance of several parties including the Congress, which was in power at the Center for 10 years from 2004 to 2014 when the BJP came to power.

After the TMC’s thumping victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections held earlier this year, Mamata has been consistently advocating for a stronger alternative at the national level but indirectly giving a tough fight to Congress.

In an effort to forge a pan-national expansion or alliance with “like-minded parties” ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he recently visited Delhi and Mumbai, where he held several meetings with top leaders of various political organizations.