BJP to stay at centre of politics for decades, says PK, takes swipe at Rahul

PANAJI: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who is currently lobbying for Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the upcoming Goa assembly elections, has said BJP will remain at the centre of Indian politics and will not go anywhere for the "next many decades" irrespective of whether it wins or loses. He also took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for "thinking" that people will throw BJP away. A video clip of Kishor saying this during a private meeting in Goa has gone viral.A leader of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), a group led by Kishor, confirmed that the video was from a meeting in Goa. Goa Congress accused TMC of entering the poll fray in Goa in order to "divide secular votes and give mileage to BJP". In the video, Kishor is heard saying, "BJP is going to be the centre of Indian polity... whether they win, whether they lose, like it was for the first 40 years for Congress, BJP is going nowhere."

He said, "That is where the problem lies with Rahul Gandhi. Probably, he thinks it's just a matter of time that people will throw him (PM Narendra Modi) away. "