Congress accepts Prashant Kishore’s statement; Sonia Gandhi formed 6 committees to revive the party
Manoj CG
Prashant Kishor roadmap report in hand, Sonia sets up action group for Congress revival: Sonia Gandhi set up another internal committee on Monday, just days after a panel set up by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi submitted its report to examine the explanation given by election strategist Prashant Kishor to the Congress. This empowered Working Group 2024 will work to address the political challenges facing the party. However, the composition of the panel has not yet been announced.
Meanwhile, the Congress party has officially announced that it will hold a political training workshop called Nav Sankalp Sindhan Shivir in Udaipur, Rajasthan from May 13 to May 15. About 400 Congress leaders from across the country are attending the three-day session.
Sonia Gandhi met members of the eight-member panel that examined Prashant Kishore’s presentation. A team comprising P. Chidambaram, Ambika Soni, Priyanka Gandhi, Digvijaya Singh, Jairam Ramesh, Mukul Wasnik, KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala met several times last week to examine Prashant Kishor’s explanation and prepare a report. In principle, the panel accepted most of the recommendations made by Prashant Kishore, sources said.
The meeting came a day after I-PAC signed an agreement with the Telangana Political Action Committee or the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for the 2023 assembly elections. Sources said that while Prashant Kishore was in talks with the Congress upper house, many senior leaders were upset that the I-PAC had struck a deal with its rival TRS.
“Today, Sonia Gandhi discussed the report with the committee. Based on the discussions, Sonia Gandhi has decided to set up an Empowered Working Group 2024 to face the coming political challenges, ”said Randeep Surjewala, Head of Communications, Congress.
Surjewala said the discussions at the Congress’ political training workshop would focus on the current political and economic situation and the challenges they pose to society.
He added, “Issues related to social justice and empowerment for farmers and farm workers, Scheduled Castes, Tribes, OBCs, religious and linguistic minorities and women and the welfare and welfare of youth will be discussed in detail. In addition, issues related to party restructuring and strengthening will be explored. The broad strategy of the Congress for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will also be discussed in Sindh Shivir, ”Surjewala said.
The party has already set up 6 committees to draw up resolutions to be passed at this meeting. The Political Resolution Committee is chaired by Rajya Sabha Opposition Leader Mallikarjun Karge, while the Economic Level Decision Making Committee is headed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a member of the G23 dissident group, will chair another committee to prepare reports and chair discussions on issues related to farmers and agriculture. The committee comprises Chhattisgarh Minister DS Singh Theo, Sakthi Singh Kohli, Nana Patel, Bardab Singh Bajwa, Arun Yadav, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Geeta Kora and Ajay Kumar Lallu.
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Senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Sawan, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Sasi Tharoor, Gaurav Kokoy, Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka and Ragini Naik are members of the committee headed by Mallikarjun Karge, which draws and submits a political resolution in Sindh Shivir.
Chidramaiah, Anand Sharma, Sachin Pilot, Manish Tiwari, Rajiv Gowda, Praniti Shinde, Gaurav Vallabh and Supriya Shrinet are members of the team led by P. Chidambaram.
A committee headed by Salman Khurshid has been set up to report on issues related to “community and empowerment”. Its members are Meera Kumar, Digvijaya Singh, Kumari Selja, Nabam Duki, Sukjinder Singh Randawa, Naranbai Ratwa, Ando Antony and K Raju.
Another leader, Mukul Wasnik, who signed the G23 letter, has set up a committee on party organization matters. Among the members are Ajay McCann, Tariq Anwar, Ramesh Sennithala, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Adir Ranjan Chaudhary, Netta D’Souza and Meenakshi Nadarajan. A committee on youth and empowerment has been set up under the leadership of Punjab Congress leader Amarinder Singh Raja Waring.
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