Veerappa Moily backs Prashant Kishor's inclusion in Congress

Strategist Prashant Kishor has got a supporter in the Congress party. Senior party leader and former union minister Veerappa Moily openly batting his induction into the Congress. Voicing strong support for Kishor’s inclusion, Moily argued that it will be “quite beneficial” for Congress if he joins the party instead of working from outside. Those against it are “anti-reform,” he said. "Let there be strong willpower to join hands with Sonia ji to ensure that the party's organisation is strengthened within a couple of months. This is what I proposed that Prashant Kishor can inject that kind of resurgence of the Congress party (that is needed) by plan and design," Moily told PTI. It is said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has already held discussions with several senior leaders on the issue and is expected to take a final call on Kishor’s induction,

He accused some of the Congress leaders of misusing G-23. "If they  persist that means there is a vested interest for a few of them to work against the Congress party which we don't subscribe to and rather oppose it," the former Karnataka chief minister said. Moily asserted that the grand old party would be the fulcrum of the Opposition alliance in the 2024 general elections. Recounting the party's comeback in the past, he insisted that Congress remains the main plank of Indian politics. "We may lose sometimes but it cannot be said that we will lose forever. For example, in 1977 we lost and in 1980 with all the allegations against her (Indira Gandhi), ultimately the people found that they wanted the Congress and Indira ji came back, this is the history of the Congress," Moily said.