G-23 excluded as Congress discusses Prashant Kishor’s proposals for 2024 Parliamentary polls
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By IANS
NEW DELHI: The group of dissidents within the Congress — G-23 — appears to be upset after not being consulted for the continuing discussions on the proposals given by political strategist Prashant Kishor as roadmap for the 2024 common elections.
On Wednesday, two Congress CMs, Ashok Gehlot from Rajasthan and Bhupesh Baghel from Chhattisgarh, had been known as to Delhi to debate the proposals.
While a bunch of Congress leaders had been current for the discussions, ever because the formal consultations started on the proposals, G-23 leaders weren’t made social gathering to them, together with one of many senior most leaders of the Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad.
However, one of many signatories of the letter written to Sonia Gandhi by the G-23 leaders, Veerappa Moily, has mentioned that it’s a welcome transfer to rope in Kishor. Meanwhile, Gehlot mentioned that “Kishor is a brand now”, hinting that the social gathering is eager to induct the political strategist into its fold.
According to Congress general-secretary Randeep Surjewala, the social gathering will resolve inside 48 hours concerning the proposals and the attainable induction of Kishor into the Congress.
The Congress is now extra centered on Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, which can go to the polls later this yr, as success in state polls will probably be essential going to the final elections in 2024. In complete, there are six massive state elections forward of the Lok Sabha polls.
During the three conferences with Kishor held since Saturday, these current included Sonia Gandhi, Ambika Soni, AK Antony, Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala, amongst others. “Prashant Kishor has given a detailed presentation for the 2024 elections and the Congress President has deputed a small group to look into it and report to her within a week. A final decision will be taken after that,” Venugopal had mentioned.
According to sources, Kishor mentioned throughout Saturday’s assembly that the Congress should goal 370-400 seats and work on alliances wherever the social gathering is weak.
