New Delhi: With its mega walkathon finishing almost 90 days, the Congress has introduced a follow-up marketing campaign to its Bharat Jodo Yatra forward of subsequent 12 months’s meeting elections in states reminiscent of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the place the celebration is a key participant.
On Sunday, Congress leaders mentioned the brand new two-month-long marketing campaign, ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyaan’ (be a part of fingers marketing campaign), on the first assembly of the celebration’s freshly-minted Steering Committee which was arrange in its place to the CWC after Mallikarjun Kharge was elected celebration president in October. A brand new CWC shall be constituted as soon as Kharge’s presidency is ratified on the three-day plenary session to be held in Raipur within the second half of February subsequent 12 months.
Addressing a press convention after the assembly, Congress basic secretaries Jairam Ramesh and Okay.C. Venugopal introduced that the celebration will launch the “Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyaan” on 26 January 2023. This marketing campaign will embrace rallies on the block, gram panchayat, district and state stage.
Moreover, the celebration will launch a ‘Mahila (ladies) Manifesto’ for every state and organise ‘Mahila Marches’ led by basic secretary in command of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in state capitals throughout the nation.
“As per this marketing campaign, there shall be block-level padyatras (foot march) that may cowl all cubicles and gram panchayats within the nation. Celebration will hand over (to the individuals) a letter from Rahul Gandhi speaking concerning the core message of this yatra. We may also distribute a chargesheet towards the Modi authorities together with the letter,” mentioned Venugopal, including that the celebration may also organise bike rallies to attach with youthful voters.
The Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started on 6 September, is a roughly 3,500 km-long walkathon from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. The yatra is anticipated to finish round 26 January in Srinagar. Whereas Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is ostensibly main the yatra, the MP from Wayanad maintains that he’s “merely taking part” and never taking part in the main function. Gandhi and the celebration have additionally maintained that the yatra is just not meant to attain electoral positive factors however to enlist help of their struggle towards the ideology of the BJP-RSS.
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Kharge attracts line within the sand
In his opening tackle on the assembly Sunday, Kharge asserted that “organisational accountability, from high to backside” is the celebration’s greatest accountability in the direction of itself and in the direction of the nation. “If the Congress organisation is robust, accountable and stands as much as the expectations of the individuals, solely then can we win elections and serve the individuals,” he mentioned.
The assembly of the 47-member Steering Committee was attended by 42 members, together with Kharge. Whereas Rahul Gandhi gave it a miss as a result of Bharat Jodo Yatra and Priyanka Gandhi couldn’t attend since she was travelling, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi took half within the assembly Sunday and was additionally felicitated earlier than it started.
On the assembly, Kharge minced no phrases in conveying to the Steering Committee that these with organisational tasks have to step up.
“Whereas there are numerous individuals within the celebration who’re very accountable, there are others who’re underneath the impression that their failure to fulfil their tasks shall be neglected. That is neither honest and nor will this be tolerated. Those that are unable to fulfil their tasks ought to make means for newer colleagues,” he instructed celebration colleagues Sunday.
Instructing the final secretaries and in-charges of varied states to make sure that their tasks are duly fulfilled, Kharge instructed them: “Ask your self rigorously, are all basic secretaries and in-charges of states and people with organisational tasks visiting their respective areas for a minimum of 10 days a month? Have they gone to all districts and blocks and spoken to celebration leaders and staff? Have they tried to know the issues in these areas?”
He then requested all these holding organisational posts to test on the formation and functioning of block committees and whether or not the celebration is working at par with floor realities of their respective areas.
All state in-charges had been requested to current their plan for mass outreach programmes for the following 30-90 days. Kharge additionally sought particulars from them about their sport plan for states going to polls between now and 2024.
Members of the Steering Committee had been then directed to give you a plan for organisational modifications and mass outreach programmes of their respective areas over the following 15-30 days and to debate these plans with Kharge personally. Steering Committee members must be concerned in these discussions if required, Kharge instructed Congress leaders.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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