‘Politics Is Not Only About Winning Elections’: Salman Khurshid To Prashant Kishor Targeting Rahul Gandhi
In an apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi, Kishor said no individual has the "divine right" to leadership
Mumbai: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Friday hit out at the poll strategist Prashant Kishor for apparently targeting Rahul Gandhi and saying that no individual has the “divine right” to leadership.
Taking to Twitter, Khurshid said that Prashant has only copied book wisdom and should know how politics is not only about winning elections.
“PK has a curious take on democracy. He uses divinity to question the democratic choice of Congress workers. This tells us that copybook wisdom about politics does not factor in human conduct. Politics is not ONLY about winning elections. But how does commerce know?” Khurshid tweeted.
In an apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi, 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% elections in last 10 years.”
“Let opposition leadership be decided Democratically,” he added.
Reacting to this Khurshid said, “Lesson for PK: Divinity is about Faith. Democracy is about faith. Other people cannot write the script for democratic choice. If the democratic choice is not understood go back to school and begin afresh. Perhaps differentiating Faith and faith will answer BJP”.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera had also slammed Prashant Kishor and said that Rahul Gandhi is saving Indian democracy from the RSS.
“The individual being discussed here is pursuing his Divine Duty to struggle and save Indian democracy from the RSS. A professional without ideological commitment is free to advise parties/individuals on how to contest elections but he cannot set the agenda of our politics,” Khera said.
Currently working for Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, Kishor has been critical of the Congress and Gandhi’s. Ahead of the Assembly elections in Goa and northeastern states next year, Several Congress members have shifted to the TMC.
Ten Congress MLAs in Meghalaya joined the Trinamool party recently, making it the main opposition in the state instead of the Congress.
Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the Trinamool Congress, is working to expand her influence beyond West Bengal, claiming to unite the opposition and lead them. She recently meet with opposition leaders, including Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai.
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