Congress leaders take bus ride to Surajkund for party session
Congress
party graph and their popularity is at lowest levels because of their
leadership resorting to liberalized policy issues and paying no heed to
social issues with black flags waiting for their welcome has put the
party in back foot and their policies to notch fiscal gain in every
aspect of life has made the Congress party of riches instead of common
man’s party.
In this back drop the Top Congress leaders are meeting
on Friday in Haryana’s Surajkund to discuss strategy for better
coordination with Government to implement promises.Prime Minister Dr.
Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and several top congress
leaders are attending a day-long strategy session of the party.
Against
the backdrop of opposition’s criticism over decision on FDI, hike in
diesel and cap on LPG cylinders, Prime Minister is expected to highlight
the reasons for these tough decisions.
He is expected to
underscore that these decisions were necessary as the country’s economy
is facing testing times on account of international situation and
slowdown domestically.
Review of its functioning to overcome limitations of coalition government is high on the agenda.
Leaders
including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul travelled in the bus. They were
accompanied by senior party leaders Ahmed Patel and Ambika Soni.
Ministers
including A K Antony, P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Ghulam Nabi Azad and C
P Joshi were also in the same bus. Two buses are taking the Congress
top brass to Surajkund.
The day-long “dialogue session” is likely
to chalk out the strategy ahead. It may also take a view on the issue of
alliances in different states.
Party sources said that the
dialogue meeting (Samvad Baithak) will virtually set the agenda for the
larger brainstorming at Chintan Shivir, which is likely to be organised
in January next year.
The dialogue session comes after the public
meeting in here on November 4, which saw Sonia and Rahul strongly
backing the economic reform measures initiated by the Prime Minister.
The
session will discuss three topics – present political situation,
economic challenges and status of implementation of 2009 party
manifesto.
On a visit to Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, Congress
president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday met common people and heard their
local problems.Sonia
Gandhi, who was on a two-day visit to her Parliamentary constituency
since Wednesday, met more than a thousand people and 37 delegations in
the morning.
Later she inaugurated the Smile Train at
Simhains hospital in the Rae Bareli city before chairing the meeting of
the District Vigilance and Monitoring committee at the Collectorate.
She left for New Delhi after giving proposals for improved sewage and drinking water supply in the constituency.
