Congress to chalk out strategy for upcoming polls at plenary session

23 Feb 2023 Evaluate

Laying out a clear roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and forging poll tie-ups with like-minded parties to take on the BJP will be the centre of discussion at the three-day Congress plenary session starting Friday.

In 85th plenary session, the Congress top brass and about 15,000 delegates will attend. The session, which comes in the backdrop of the Bharat Jodo Yatra that has been touted as a success by the party, will primarily endorse the presidentship of Mallikarjun Kharge and will pave the way for the new working committee led by him. At the plenary, the party will also give direction to the rank and file to prepare for the state poll cycle ahead in Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram. The Congress has formed several committees to work out on issues to be discussed during the plenary session. The party is also planning to launch another yatra from East to West covering the north eastern states starting from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat.

As per the party’s constitution, the CWC has 25 members, including 12 elected members and 11 nominated ones, besides the Congress president and the leader of the party in Parliament. The last time elections were held to the CWC were in Kolkata in 1997 under Sitaram Kesri, also attended by Sonia Gandhi. Assembly polls will be held in nine states this year, including Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan where the Congress rules, and Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka where the party is the principal opposition.

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