Prashant Kishor’s IPAC goofs up big time in Goa, State TMC Prez says IPAC was not available to candidates

PANAJI: The Goa Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Kiran Kandolkar has claimed that their political consultant – Prashant Kishor’s I-PAC abandoned the party candidates after the state Assembly polls held last week.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kandolkar also said he was not quitting as TMC’s Goa unit chief, but was upset with I-PAC head Prashant Kishor and his team.

He claimed that most of the TMC candidates in Goa felt they were abandoned by the I-PAC after the polls.

“All candidates fielded by the TMC have some or the other issues with the I-PAC. When the candidates told me about their issues with Prashant Kishor and his I-PAC team, I discussed the matter with my party workers, who advised me to quit as the TMC Goa president,” he said.

There have been speculations since some time about a rift between the TMC and I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee), which had helped the Mamata Banerjee-led party during the West Bengal Assembly polls.

”I am not quitting as TMC Goa head, but I am upset with Prashant Kishor and the I-PAC team,” he said.

A meeting of all party candidates has been called on Tuesday to discuss the polling in their respective Assembly constituencies, he added.

with inputs from PTI