The Congress has sought opinion to election strategist Prashant Kishor to be a member of the party and not work as a advisor, sources have said.
He has shown inclination in joining the party and given a minute presentation of the party's loof holes and what should be done for betterment, such as the Congress would likely focus on 370 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, sources said.
Mr Kishor has also given a elaborated presentation for the 2024 elections and a micro committee will be formed to look at pros and cons of his suggestions and ideas and how to get them implemented, senior Congress leader KC Venugopal said after Mr Kishor met with him, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi today.
Mr Kishor recently reopened negotiation process with the Gandhis for a role in resurrecting the Congress in the next period of the big polls ahead, inclusive of the 2024 general election.
The two sides had earlier fallen out after several rounds of conversation on teaming up. Sources close to the strategist have encountered the Congress's version that the aims are focused on the Gujarat election later this year.
The Congress leadership and Prashant Kishor (popularly known as PK) are mainly taking about a DNA blueprint for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, they said. Elections in Gujarat as well as other state will fall in line with PK's calculation and responsibility once reconciliation between them is made for 2024, the sources said.
Congress sources, however, egged on that Mr Kishor's latest pitch is a single offer to work only on impending Gujarat elections. A key hold-up, reportedly, is PK's desire for a Grand approach as opposed to the Gandhis' wish to bring in incremental changes, without antagonizing party leaders too much by giving the ace strategist entire charge of rejuvinating the Congress.
Conversation between Mr Kishor and the Gandhis had ceased to work last year, weeks after Bengal victory - in which the strategist played an important role. The Congress later communicated with a former associate of Mr Kishor to handle its election campaigns.
In spite of Mr Kishor's accentuated, public digs at the Congress, specially Rahul Gandhi, in a months after the breakdown, both sides have showed conformity for another shot at an understanding after the party's recent election defeats. The communication "never stopped", sources say.
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