Election strategist Prashant Kishor on Friday said the mega brainstorming session held by Congress in Udaipur “failed to achieve anything meaningful”, predicting an “electoral rout” in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in the upcoming assembly elections.

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Prashant Kishor had recently turned down an offer to join the Congress and opined that the “Chintan Shivir” only helped in “prolonging the status-quo”.

In a tweet, Kishor said, “I’ve been repeatedly asked to comment on the outcome of #UdaipurChintanShivir.” 

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“In my view, it failed to achieve anything meaningful other than prolonging the status-quo and giving some time to the #Congress leadership, at least till the impending electoral rout in Gujarat and HP!” he added.

The election strategist was in discussion with the Congress leadership for the revival of the grand old party but several sticking points prompted him to decline the offer to join the party earlier this month.

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“Now a group formed by an executive order won’t have that power and sanction to bring in complete and long-term changes. Because the party has a constitution. An outside group like this which may not have the sanction by the party’s constitution will face some problems going ahead. There might be some opposition which will become counterproductive,” Prashant Kishor said.

The poll strategist also announced that he will begin a 3,000-km foot march from Bihar’s West Champaran on October 2 on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.