I declined the generous offer of Congress to join the party: Prashant Kishor

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has declined offer to join Congress as part of Empowered Action Group, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said on Wednesday. 

Taking to Twitter, the Congress spokesperson wrote, "Following a presentation & discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted a Empowered Action Group 2024 & invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. He declined..."

Following a presentation discussions with Sh Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted a Empowered Action Group 2024  invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. He declined. We appreciate his efforts  suggestion given to party.

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) April 26, 2022

Shortly after the announcement, Prashant Kishor also tweeted, "I declined the generous offer of #congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections. In my humble opinion, more than me the party needs leadership and collective will to fix the deep rooted structural problems through transformational reforms." 

I declined the generous offer of congress to join the party as part of the EAG  take responsibility for the elections.

In my humble opinion, more than me the party needs leadership and collective will to fix the deep rooted structural problems through transformational reforms.

— Prashant Kishor (@PrashantKishor) April 26, 2022

Kishor has held several meetings in the last 15 days with Congress`s top leadership and gave a proposal to revamp the party ahead of the 2024 general election. Kishor had given a detailed presentation with a road map for the 2024 General elections. 

Following the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in October last year, Kishor had said that the people are looking forward to an opposition led by the Grand Old Party (the Congress), but the party first needs to fix its deep-rooted problems and remove its structural weaknesses.