Mumbai: Congress General Secretary and spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday announced that poll strategist Prashant Kishor has declined Congress’ offer to join the party.
Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday informed that following a presentation and discussions with Kishor, Congress President Sonia Gandhi constituted an Empowered Action Group 2024 and invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility, to which he declined.
Randeep Surjewala said in a tweet: “Following a presentation & discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted an 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 the party.”
https://twitter.com/rssurjewala/status/1518895591983566851?s=20&t=Mb1L6UwGsz7nL9bWdP51tQ
In a tweet posted on his official account, Kishor said: “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.”
https://twitter.com/PrashantKishor/status/1518901590056333313?s=20&t=Mb1L6UwGsz7nL9bWdP51tQ
Earlier, there were rumours that Kishor would join the Congress brigade and work as part of the party’s empowered action group 2024.
This new internal group was set up by Congress President Sonia Gandhi after a committee was set up by her to consider the presentation made by election strategist Prashant Kishor to the Congress to submit its report. A new internal group was formed to meet the political challenges. However, the composition of the group is yet to be announced.
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