PK meets Rahul, Priyanka as Punjab crisis deepens

New Delhi: Amid the infighting in the Punjab Congress, a meeting of poll strategist Prashant Kishor with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in the presence of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has created a political buzz about another step towards the consolidation of the Opposition parties ahead of some important Assembly elections in states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat.

At the meeting, which was held at Gandhi's residence in Delhi, senior party leaders KC Venugopal and Harish Rawat, who is the in-charge of Punjab affairs, were also present.

Though the agenda of the meeting was not yet clear, it's being speculated that the prime objective was to resolve the ongoing tussle between Navjot Singh Sidhu and Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in the state unit of Congress.

The crisis further intensified in recent months and with the Assembly elections scheduled for early next year, leaders in the party are in the doldrums over the delay in resolving the crisis. The party leaders are also in a fix after 'rebel' leader Sidhu shared some tweets in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

It's noteworthy to mention that prior to switching his side to Congress from BJP, Sidhu had given enough indications of his intention to join AAP.

Meanwhile, ruling out the meeting of Prashant Kishor and Rahul Gandhi over the Punjab crisis, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Rawat informed the media that it was just a courtesy visit where they discussed current socio, economic and political conditions of the country.

"Rahul Gandhi is a national leader. Many leaders meet him and convey their views. Prashant Kishor didn't meet him to negotiate something regarding Punjab," Rawat said, adding that during the next couple of days some good news will come from Punjab indicating that the party has finally chalked out a strategy to resolve the issue.

Last week, the Punjab Chief Minister had met Kishor at Kapurthala House, which is the CM's residence in the national Capital. Kishor is the principal adviser of the Punjab government.