Prashant Kishor says Congress leadership not 'divine right' of individual, party hits back

The space represented by the Congress is vital but its leadership is not the divine right of an individual particularly when it has lost 90 per cent elections in the last 10 years poll strategist Prashant Kishor said on Thursday in an apparent swipe at Rahul GandhiA day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees comment that there was no UPA anymore Kishor who has earlier been political advisor to various parties also called for democratically electing the opposition leadershipHis remark sparked a sharp response from the Congress with party spokesperson Pawan Khera saying on Twitter The individual being discussed here is pursuing his Divine Duty to struggle and save Indian democracy from the RSSThe 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 advice partiesindividuals on how to contest elections but he cannot set the agenda of our politics httpstco48jDCdYkx8mdash Pawan Khera Pawankhera December 2 2021A professional without ideological commitment is free to advice partiesindividuals on how to contest elections but he cannot set the agenda of our politicsCongress leader Kapil Sibal a prominent member of the group of 23 also called for opposition unity and said the UPA without the Congress will be a body without a soulAlso read BJP not going anywhere problem is with Rahul Prashant KishorThe 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 9037 elections in last 10 years Kishor had tweetedThe IDEA and SPACE that Congress represents is vital for a strong opposition But Congressrsquo leadership is not the DIVINE RIGHT of an individual especially when the party has lost more than 9037 elections in last 10 years Let opposition leadership be decided Democraticallymdash Prashant Kishor PrashantKishor December 2 2021Let opposition leadership be decided Democratically he addedKishor and his IPAC team have been working for the Trinamool Congress since the assembly poll in West Bengal and are working on devising strategies in expanding the party nationallyHis remarks come at a time the TMC has made a conscious effort to not follow Congress leadership of the opposition in Parliament and questioned the partys ability to take on the BJPA few months ago Kishor had held talks with the Congress leadership over his possible induction into the party He had also met former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and there was serious talk over his entry into the grand old party but it did not materialiseKishor had taken potshots at the Congress two months ago as well saying those looking for a quick revival of the opposition led by the grand old party following the Lakhimpur Kheri incident are in for a big disappointment as there are no quickfix solutions to its deeprooted problemsOn Wednesday TMC chief Banerjee met NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in Mumbai and called for fighting the BJP unitedly while taking barely veiled swipes at the Congress leadershipWhile Banerjee made remarks like there is no UPA now and one can not achieve anything by staying abroad most of the time Pawar said leadership was not an issue at present and all likeminded parties were welcome to join the fight against the BJPInteracting with members of civil society Banerjee claimed she had suggested to the Congress that an advisory council of prominent personalities from civil society be set up to give a direction to the opposition but it was in vainIf all regional parties come together it would be easy to defeat the BJP she saidThe TMC has inducted several Congress leaders in its fold Recently 12 out of 17 Congress MLAs in Meghalaya defected to the partyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever