Prashant Kishor meets Sonia Gandhi again, 'report on proposal within 72 hours'

Wednesday's meeting, the fourth one in recent days, was also attended by senior leaders Jairam Ramesh, Ambika Soni, KC Venugopal, besides Sonia Gandhi and Prashant Kishor. Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Chief Minsiters Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel too joined the team.

A report on the matter is expected within 72 hours, the Congress reportedly said.

After the meeting, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the party is "evaluating" Prashant Kishor's proposals.

"Various others' inputs are also being deliberated upon and a final report to be submitted within the next 72 hours to the Congress President," he added.

Among other things, Kishor has asked Congress to focus on 370 Lok Sabha seats where the party has the best chances of winning.

Details of the seats were not given. Kishor feels the Congress should go solo in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha while in states like Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Maharashtra it should ally with like-minded parties.

The roadmap presented by Kishor is being discussed by party leaders.

The upcoming Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections are also in focus.

In December 2021, Kishor had said that Congress lost more than 90 per cent of elections in the last 10 years and its leadership is "not the divine right" of an individual.

The latest meetings followed embarrassing defeats faced by the party in five states: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur.

The Congress is soon going to hold a brainstorming camp, likely to be held in Udaipur in Rajasthan on May 14-16. Over 700 Congress leaders are expected to attend it.