Rahul to connect with party workers today
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would connect directly with his party workers at a mega interactive session being organised here on Friday to gear up the cadre for 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
This is the first major interactive session of Rahul after he along with Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched the party’s election campaign by flagging off “27 Saal- UP behaal” yatra in New Delhi early this month. The Congress had set up a new team headed by Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Raj Babbar and declared Sheila Dikshit as chief ministerial face to accomplish party’s Mission UP 2017.
A 10-feet high open podium has been erected to give a wider visibility to Rahul and other senior leaders at the Ramabai Ambedkar grounds where about 50000 party workers from the grass roots level are expected to assemble from different districts.
Rahul would walk along a nearly 40-feet long ramp (with extension to left and right sides) to answer the questions from the partymen at nearly a four-hour long session titled UP Declaration. Questions would be selected on random basis.
Rahul’s march to Raj Bhawan after the programme, however, has been cancelled for denial of permission for security reasons.
“Our main objective to hold unhindered interaction of Rahul Gandhi with the partymen and take a pledge to free the state from 27-year misrule and bring the Congress back to power in Uttar Pradesh,” said Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) communications department chairman Satyadev Tripathi.
UPCC president Raj Babbar along with party’s campaign committee chairman Sanjay Singh visited the venue and reviewed the arrangements being made there.
As per programme, registration would start at about 9am. In all, 30 control rooms and 90 registration desks have been set up to enable smooth registration process. Rahul is expected to reach the venue at about 3pm.
As no tent has been erected to protect them from rains, the partymen are keeping their fingers crossed.