The Congress Party's relationship with its poll tactician Prashant Kishor has run into a zigzag formation: it's cold, hot and patently neutral depending on its convenience. Take, for instance, the case of Punjab. A day after Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh said Prashant Kishor has no business interfering in the running of the party, the Congress high command on Monday made it clear that Kishor has "no role" in organisational matters and ticket distribution. The AICC drew the line days after Kishor reportedly met two Punjab leaders who were expelled from the party, leaving Amarinder Singh livid. However, in UP the AICC toed a completely opposite line. Two days after Kishor finished meeting UP district office bearers, 10 district chiefs and city presidents were removed for non-performance on Monday. The party is said to have also appointed 13 new district and city presidents on the recommendation of Kumar and general secretary in charge of the state Madhusudan Mistry. Kishor seems to have ruffled too many feathers in Punjab. "Prashant Kishor is a good strategist…he will give his suggestions to Captain Amarinder Singh on what areas to focus on, what to highlight and what issues should be included in the election manifesto…. He has no role in organisational matters and he will have no role in the distribution of tickets," said Shakeel Ahmad, AICC general secretary in charge of Punjab. While he hastened to add that "both Captain and Kishor are on the same page," he couldn't help going ballistic "Captain Amarinder Singh runs the party in Punjab. He is the PCC president. I am the general secretary in charge, Harish Chaudhary is there as secretary, Ambika Soni is the campaign committee chairperson, Charanjit Singh Channi is our CLP leader and Lal Singh our senior vice president… day-to-day party affairs are run by this team." While Ahmad claimed ignorance about Kishor's reported meeting with expelled Congress leaders Jagmeet Brar and Bir Devinder, party sources said he could have met them in good faith