Gearing up for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress top brass, including interim president Sonia Gandhi, held another meeting with poll strategist Prashant Kishor here on Tuesday. Sources said that Congress leaders, including Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Mukul Wasnik, K.C. Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, A.K. Antony, Ambika Soni and Randeep Surjewala, took part in the meeting at Sonia Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence. This is the third meeting between Sonia Gandhi and Prashant Kishor in the last four days amid speculation that the poll strategist may join the Congress. The first meeting took place on 16 April, while the second was held on 18 April. According to sources, two more such meetings are scheduled in the coming days.
Earlier, Venugopal had said that Kishor had given a detailed presentation with a road map for the 2024 General elections. Answering queries, he said the role of Kishor in the Congress party will be known within a week. Sources said that Kishor, in his presentation, suggested that Congress should fight alone in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha, and it should form alliances in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Maharashtra to which Rahul Gandhi has agreed. Kishor is learnt to have said that Congress should focus on 370 Lok Sabha constituencies for the 2024 general elections. These meetings are also taking place in the backdrop of Congress’ poll preparations for Gujarat and Himachal Assembly elections this year.