Election strategist Prashant Kishor on Friday targeted the Congress, the party which he was speculated to join and negotiations were on, saying those looking at the Grand Old Party are set for a "big disappointment".
"People looking for a quick, spontaneous revival of GOP led opposition based on #LakhimpurKheri incident are setting themselves up for a big disappoinment. Unfortunately there are no quick fix solutions to the deep-rooted problems and structural weakness of GOP," Kishor tweeted.
Congress sought to dismiss the remarks with party's chief spokesperson saying that he will not react to a comment of a "consultant". A senior leader said Kishor is a "racketeer of politics" and he is making such statements as he was not going to get what he wanted.
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There has been speculation that Kishor would join the Congress after he met Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi in a series of meetings, which were also attended by senior party leaders like KC Venugopal and others.
However, there was no forward movement as the party appeared unwilling to give him the position he sought. There was also opposition within the party about inducting Kishor and giving him senior positions.
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