Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday said that its leadership is \u201cnot the divine right\u201d of an individual in a clear jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Kishor took to Twitter to write: \u201cThe IDEA and SPACE that #Congress represents is vital for a strong opposition. But Congress\u2019 leadership is not the DIVINE RIGHT of an individual especially, when the party has lost more than 90% elections in last 10 years. Let opposition leadership be decided Democratically.\u201d<\/p>\n
Interestingly, Kishor had a meeting with the Gandhis some months back, and there were speculations that Kishor may be appointed poll strategist for the party.<\/p>\n
Also, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee too had criticised Rahul Gandhi during an interaction yesterday with the media. Banerjee had said yesterday in Mumbai: \u201cIf one does nothing and is abroad half the time, then how will one do politics? For politics there should be continuous endeavour.\u201d<\/p>\n
In October, Kishor had said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not going anywhere for \u201cmany decades\u201d and the problem with Rahul Gandhi is that he does not realise it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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