Palace Intrigue Victims? Before Jitin Prasada, His Father Too Was Disillusioned with Cong & Gandhis
3 years, 6 months ago

Palace Intrigue Victims? Before Jitin Prasada, His Father Too Was Disillusioned with Cong & Gandhis

News 18  

On March 23, 2019, the Congress had survived a scare of losing Jitin Prasada to the BJP. Even as Jitin Prasada suffered another humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, forfeiting deposit from Dhaurahra parliamentary seat, Prasada, a second-generation dynast, remained disillusioned, edgy and rebellious within the Congress till Wednesday afternoon. Jitendra Prasada had contested against Sonia Gandhi for the Congress president’s post in the organisational polls that took place in November 2000. Jitendra Prasada had cut his political teeth under Rajiv Gandhi from 1985 to 1989 when he served as the Congress general secretary and Rajiv’s political secretary. Accompanied by a handful of leaders from Uttar Pradesh, Prasada filed his nomination papers and was humbled in the party polls as Sonia Gandhi went on to get nearly 99 per cent of the votes.

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Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Jitin Prasada, a former Union minister and prominent member of the Congress’ young brigade that is headed by Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined the BJP ahead of the crucial Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Prasada, one of the signatories to the letter written by the "G-23" to the Congress’ interim president Sonia Gandhi, demanding major course correction …

After Jitin Prasada's exit, can Congress rein in next round of defections?
3 years, 6 months ago

After Jitin Prasada's exit, can Congress rein in next round of defections?

India Today  

The buzz in the Congress, social media, mainstream media and in the political circles over the next round of defection/identity of defectors has a simple answer. The usual suspect list of Sachin Pilot, Navjyot Singh Sidhu, RPN Singh and many more from G-23 — the Congress leaders who demanded organisational changes in the party — is misleading. There has been …

Jitin Prasada May Have Quit Congress Now, But His Trust Deficit With the Gandhis Existed Since 2019
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada May Have Quit Congress Now, But His Trust Deficit With the Gandhis Existed Since 2019

News 18  

In March 2019, a month before the Lok Sabha polls, Congress General Secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi had come up with an ambitious idea of bringing in a popular Brahmin face as a party candidate, against BJP stalwart Rajnath Singh in Lucknow. A man of sophistication, urban charm, a popular Brahmin face and two-term Union Minister, Jitin’s candidature …

Jitin Prasada joins BJP: Unlike his father Jitendra, will he able to make Congress rue his absence?
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada joins BJP: Unlike his father Jitendra, will he able to make Congress rue his absence?

Firstpost  

Before his death, Prasada Sr who had contested and lost against Sonia Gandhi for the leadership of Congress was totally disillusioned with the Congress and Gandhis, in particular On 23 March, 2019, Congress had survived a scare of losing Jitin Prasada to the BJP. Even as Jitin Prasada suffered another humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, forfeiting deposit …

Ahead of UP Polls, Rahul Gandhi’s Ex-Aide Jitin Prasada Joins BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

Ahead of UP Polls, Rahul Gandhi’s Ex-Aide Jitin Prasada Joins BJP

The Quint  

He was one of the 23 senior Congress leaders who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi in 2020, calling for sweeping reforms, collective decision-making, and "full-time, visible leadership". He was tasked with Bengal’s election campaign but that didn’t go down well with the Congress after Prasada publicly criticised the party’s decision to ally with the Indian Secular Front, led …

Salman Khurshid: Feel very low that Jitin Prasada quit Congress | Interview
3 years, 6 months ago

Salman Khurshid: Feel very low that Jitin Prasada quit Congress | Interview

India Today  

After Jyotiraditya Scindia, another GenNext leader and Rahul Gandhi aide, Jitin Prasada, stunned the Congress by switching over to the BJP, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh election. In an interview with India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said he feels very low that his colleague Jitin Prasada quit the party, but added that it …

Why Jitin Prasada switched from Congress to BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

Why Jitin Prasada switched from Congress to BJP

India Today  

Jitin Prasada has made a switch anticipated for quite some time. Long considered as one of the closest aides of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Jitin Prasada had been sulking within the party for being “ignored”. Jitin Prasada is said to have developed differences with the Gandhis around the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election when Rahul Gandhi joined hands with Samajwadi …

Mission Uttar Pradesh: Why BJP wants Jitin Prasada
3 years, 6 months ago

Mission Uttar Pradesh: Why BJP wants Jitin Prasada

India Today  

On the morning of June 9, when Congress leader Jitin Prasada visited Union home minister Amit Shah at his residence with Union minister Piyush Goyal, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind about the purpose of his visit. And as Uttar Pradesh goes to election in less than a year, being a Brahmin face, Prasada will come in useful for …

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