A month after a poor showing in the Bihar Assembly elections, fresh political buzz has emerged around the Prashant Kishor–Priyanka Gandhi meeting. Jan Suraj Party chief Prashant Kishor recently met Congress leader and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi.
Sources say the Prashant Kishor–Priyanka Gandhi meeting took place last week at Sonia Gandhi’s residence, 10 Janpath. The two leaders reportedly spoke for nearly an hour.
Both parties have played down the importance of the meeting. When asked about it in Parliament, Priyanka Gandhi reacted lightly and asked whether this was “also news.” Still, political circles are reading deeper signals into the interaction.
The meeting matters because Prashant Kishor once shared a close working relationship with the Congress. After leaving the JD(U) in 2021, he joined the Congress and drafted a revival plan ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Differences over authority later led to a bitter split.
Since then, Kishor has openly criticised the Congress. His Jan Suraj Party also faced a crushing defeat in Bihar, failing to win a single seat, with most candidates losing their deposits.
Congress too struggled in Bihar, winning only six seats out of 61 contested. Against this backdrop, the Prashant Kishor–Priyanka Gandhi meeting has fuelled talk of a possible political reset, even as both sides remain silent.
