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Rahul meets Prashant ahead of Punjab rejig
There was no official word on what was discussed at the meeting, but sources said the new state Cong body will be announced in the next few days
Ahead of a likely organisational and government reshuffle in Punjab, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met poll strategist Prashant Kishor at his residence.
Other party leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, AICC general secretary Punjab-in-charge Harish Rawat and KC Venugopal were also present during the meeting where they are learnt to have discussed the party’s overhaul in Punjab and efforts to end factionalism in the state unit ahead of assembly elections.
Kishor had earlier met Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on the impending changes in the Punjab Congress.
Amarinder and former Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who have been at loggerheads, have made a number of public statements against each other in recent months. Amid the tiff, the Gandhis have met Amarinder and Sidhu separately.
There was no official word on what was discussed at the meeting with Kishor, which lasted about an hour, but sources said the new Punjab Congress body would be announced in the next few days and the discussions were focused on it.
There have been hectic deliberations over the past few days over the likely changes in the Punjab government and the party’s state unit.
Both Sidhu and Amarinder have also met the three-member AICC panel headed by Mallikarjun Kharge. The panel had earlier submitted its report to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi with its recommendations.
Amarinder had then said any decision taken by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi would be acceptable to him and the party.
The role for Sidhu in the organisation has remained a sticking point from the beginning as he is keen on the post of Punjab Congress chief, which is not acceptable to Amarinder, according to party sources.
