The Congress top leadership and political strategist Prashant Kishor will have a brainstorming session on March 12 to discuss the Assembly polls strategy for Punjab. The meeting will also be attended by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi besides other senior party leaders.
Kishore has been roped in by Congress to help the party win Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next year. But the party is now looking at using Kishor’s expertise for Punjab and Gujarat polls as well. The Congress party has been out of power in all three States for a long time now and according to party sources, Rahul wants the “bad patch” to end.
Rahul wants to hold threadbare discussion with Punjab leaders to devise a winning strategy after two successive losses in the State where this time apart from the ruling SAD-BJP combine, the party faces a spirited challenge from Aam Aadmi Party. It is learnt that the Punjab Congress is taking AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s aggressive campaign and strategy of targeting voters through a vast army of volunteers very seriously and wants Kishor’s help to counter him effectively. It is learnt Kishor has already conducted preliminary surveys for Punjab.