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This is why Congress matters

Even in its second successive annihilation by the BJP, the Congress retained a solid block of 20 per cent votes. That's why all of BJP's victims want the Congress at the core of their challenge

'Not divine right of an individual': Prashant Kishor's jibe at Rahul Gandhi

The opposition leadership should be decided democratically, he said

Mamata's predatory and high risk politics

If she has to displace the Congress, even in its dilapidated state, she will have to do well in the Hindi-speaking belt of North India as well as the non-Hindi belt of southern and western India.

Rebuffed Prashant Kishor turns against the Congress

Prashant Kishor, a successful poll strategist, recently warned the Congress that the BJP was there for the long term and Rahul Gandhi could ignore this fact only at his own peril

BJP won't go anywhere for many decades: Kishor; TMC says comment personal

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who is currently lobbying for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the upcoming Goa Assembly elections, has said the BJP will remain at the centre of Indian politics

No quick fix solutions to Congress' deep-rooted problems: Prashant Kishor

Kishor said those looking for a quick revival of the grand old party-led opposition following the Lakhimpur Kheri incident are in for a big disappointment

BJP claims Prashant Kishor registered as voter in poll-bound Bhabanipur

Ahead of crucial Bhabanipur by-elections in West Bengal, BJP on Saturday claimed that political strategist Prashant Kishor has registered himself as a voter from the poll-bound constituency

Sonia Gandhi to take final call on induction of Kishor into party: Report

Congress President Sonia Gandhi will take a final call on the induction of poll strategist Prashant Kishor in the party and has held discussions with several senior leaders on the issue, sources said. Some of these leaders have raised objections over his inclusion in the party, while others have favoured it as they feel he will bring a lot to the table for the party, they said. The sources said a decision is pending at Gandhi's end. The group of 23 leaders, who had written to Gandhi last year seeking an overhaul of the organisation, are also learnt to have objected to his joining the Congress as the matter was discussed among them at a meeting, the sources said. Kishor had recently met Rahul Gandhi amid talk of his joining the Congress party and assuming a key role of election management. The matter is, however, pending as no final call has been taken. Kishor had initially worked with the BJP in the run-up to 2014 Lok Sabha elections and thereafter joined the JD(U) and was the pa

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor resigns as Punjab CM's Principal Advisor

Kishor on Thursday resigned as Principal Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, saying "he's resigning in view of his decision to take a temporary break from public life".

Prashant Kishor inching closer towards firming up ties with Congress

Kishor has met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at least thrice in the last one week and discussed the revival of Congress, according to sources.

Tripura: Prashant Kishor's 23-member I-PAC team detained in Agartala

Tripura Police detained a team of 23 members of election analyst Prashant Kishor's I-PAC at Hotel Woodland Park in Agartala on Monday, Tripura, sources said

Prashant Kishor's team 'confined' to hotel in Agartala, TMC cries foul

Manik Das, Superintendent of Police, West Tripura, claimed members of the 22-member I-Pac team are being questioned in a Agartala city-based hotel, as part of a routine check-up

Mixed messages and a muddle

In supporting Mr Sidhu in Punjab, the Congress has created more confusion over what it stands for

Top headlines: Pegasus controversy grows; apex court rules on AGR dues

Business Standard brings to you the top headlines on Tuesday

Pegasus: Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor among those allegedly targeted

Other top targets in India included Gagandeep Kang, one of India's eminent medical scientists, former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and several others

Prashant Kishor and Congress: A political mercenary to the party's rescue?

Having Kishor on board will certainly get the Congress media attention. However, it could impact internal processes in the party

Rahul Gandhi meets Prashant Kishor ahead of likely rejig in Punjab

Other party leaders like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, AICC general secretary Punjab-in-charge Harish Rawat and KC Venugopal were also present during the meeting

Sharad Pawar calls opposition meeting on Tuesday, excludes Congress

While the move is not without its internal political contradictions, "much more than Narendra Modi, it is the Congress that needs to worry", said a former Congress chief minister

A new era begins: Abhishek Banerjee has national plans for Trinamool

The rise of Abhishek Banerjee aka Bhaipo in the ranks of the party and Bengal politics was a foregone conclusion after the election in West Bengal

Political strategist Prashant Kishor meets Pawar; sets off speculation

Kishor on Friday called on NCP president Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence