A particular committee of Congress leaders, constituted by occasion president Sonia Gandhi to recommend measures for strengthening the organisation and to make it prepared for the subsequent spherical of elections, sat by way of a presentation by election strategist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday.
The committee met chief ministers of Congress-ruled Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and held deliberations with them on the way in which ahead and for evolving the occasion’s ballot technique.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel posed a number of inquiries to Kishor, together with on his bottom-up design to strengthen the occasion organisation. The two states are scheduled to go to polls subsequent yr.
During the assembly that lasted a number of hours, the 2 chief ministers mentioned their ballot plans for the respective states and requested Kishor to offer his further strategies to be applied there. They are learnt to have mentioned Kishor’s technique and deliberated on it with different occasion leaders who’re a part of the committee.
The deliberations will proceed for the subsequent two days and the group of senior leaders, who had been requested by occasion chief Sonia Gandhi to cull out actionable factors from Kishor’s proposals and discover areas of convergence, will submit a report back to her. On Wednesday, Sonia attended the practically five-hour-long assembly at her 10, Janpath residence.
“Prashant Kishor has become a brand. He was with (Narendra) Modi and BJP for 2014 Lok Sabha polls; then he went with Nitish (Kumar), and then with the Congress in Punjab. He is a professional. There are many others like him — we get in touch with them, too. But Prashant Kishor has become a big name, so the media is focusing on him,” Gehlot stated after assembly the well-known ballot strategist.
The group comprising P Chidambaram, Ambika Soni, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Digvijaya Singh, Jairam Ramesh, Mukul Wasnik, Ok C Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala had met on Monday and Tuesday as properly. Surjewala stated, “We propose to conclude these deliberations over the next 48 to 72 hours.” He stated they’re strategies by Kishor, as additionally by “certain very experienced people in the party”.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala advised reporters that the committee has been holding deliberations for the final two-three days and would submit its report within the subsequent three days after finishing deliberations.
“For the last three days, these deliberations have been held. We propose to conclude these deliberations over next 48 to 72 hours,” he advised reporters after the five-hour assembly.
Asked on whether or not the committee will give its determination on the entry of Kishor within the Congress fold, Surjewala stated, “The role of the committee is not to suggest whether a particular persons should be included in the Congress party or not and is to suggest measures to strengthen the organisation for contesting elections and prepare it for 2024 general elections and other state assembly elections.”
The committee has taken notice of the strategies given by Kishor and has been deliberating on them, he stated.
Surjewala stated the committee was arrange by Gandhi to assist strengthen the organisation and dwell on its future ballot technique and produce about organisational adjustments and assist make the Congress insurance policies to spotlight the ache of individuals of the nation.
“Those suggestions include the ways and means to strengthen the Congress organisation and connect it to the large amount of masses. Those suggestions also include gearing up of the Congress for upcoming elections leading up to 2024, both the state assembly and central elections,” he stated.
“The Congress organisation must adapt to all these changes and that is why this committee has been holding deliberations for the last three days on the various suggestions given by Prashant Kishor as also by various seasoned leaders from time to time to Congress president,” he stated.
Surjewala stated because the two chief ministers have huge organisational and administrative expertise, the committee thought it match to request them to hitch the deliberations. “We have had a fruitful round of discussions with both Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel,” he stated.
The ballot strategist had offered his plan earlier than the highest Congress management on Saturday and the occasion president had shaped a panel to look into it and provides its report.
The Congress is striving to strengthen the organisation and struggle the BJP on the hustings after struggling a collection of electoral losses in latest meeting polls. The occasion has admitted that it did not impress upon the folks in regards to the “failures” of the BJP authorities.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”
