After Prashant Kishore's exit, Congress this time removed Sunil K🔯anugolu, the poll strategist behind Congress' victory in Karnataka and Telangana f♈rom the upcoming Lok Sabha election campaign. As per media reports, instead of focusing on the parliament election campaign, Kanugolu has been assigned to work on the party's Haryana and Maharashtra campaigns.
Inclu🦄ding Prashant Kishor's exit two years ago, Sunil Kanugolu reportedly is the second high-profileꦆ poll strategist who will not be a part of Congress' general election prep.
Reason behind Congress' decision
As per media reports, the reason behind Kanugolu's redeployment has been attributed 🍬to the fact he already has established teams in Haryana and Maharashtra, the two states preparing for assembly polls this year. From this decision, it is quite evident that Congress is keen to record big e🌄lectoral victories over the ruling BJP.
As per a report by NDTV, a senior leader, holding the rank of General Secretary, acknow💞ledged his absence on the Lok Sabha campaign is a "slight setback". However, he also added that Congress believes there is greater long-term benefit if he can use his 'Midas touch', to win key states from the BJP.
Mr Kanugolu, sources added, will also continue to work with the Congress' governments in Karnataka, where he hiඣs now Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's primary advisor, with a cabinet rank, and Telangana, where he ousted ex-Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and the BRS 🅰that has ruled since 2014.
