Cong stir from Nov 5 on deteriorating economy

The Congress is gearing up to focus on the Modi government's bad economic policies creating a nationwide economic crisis, mounting unemployment, heavy loss of jobs in public and private sectors and an adverse impact on India from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a propose trade agreement among 16 countries, including India, China and Australia.

Party General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Wednesday gave a call to the party's state units to take the party workers to street in the state capitals from November 5 to 15 to create a public awareness on all these issues. He said the party is also launching a media blitzkrieg from November 1 to 8 on the issues by organising as many as 35 press conferences across the country.

He said the protests will culminate in a massive programme in Delhi in the last week of November. He said the Congress party workers will raise the voice of the people and try to make this insensitive central government accountable for the countless miseries and suffering that it is causing.

To review preparations for this agitational programme, Congress President Sonia Gandhi will chair a meeting convened here on Saturday to discuss the issues among the AICC general secretaries, state incharges and heads of the frontal organisations and departments.

Venugopal also announced to depute 31 senior party leaders as observers to various states and union territories to monitor the agitation programme. He said they will also hold the press conferences in major towns and cities to highlight the issues.

The protests will culminate in a massive programme in Delhi in the last week of November