Congress General Secretary and In-charge of Party in Uttar Pradesh East Priyanka Gandhi is set to address her maiden public rally in Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi‘s Bastion in Gujarat along with brother and party President Rahul Gandhi on February 28. Party’s CWC is also slated for Feb 28.
The mega rally to be held at Trimandir Ground, Adalaj, will follow the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, in Ahmedabad on February 28. The 51st CWC meeting, to be held just before the schedule of general elections is announced, will focus on strategizing and preparing for the Lok Sabha polls 2019.
The meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) – the Congress’ highest decision-making body – will be held on February 28 in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat. It was earlier slated for Feb 26, The meeting presided over by Rahul Gandhi, will also be attended by newly-appointed General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh among others.
Besides the strategies and roadmap for the election battle 2019, the party leaders will also discuss and chalk out a draft of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the anti-BJP front of opposition parties.
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Apart from Priyanka and Rahul, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will also address a rally. Sonia Gandhi had made a last public Speech in Telangana Assembly Elections.
Speaking about the proposed rally, Gujarat Congress MLA and party spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said the Adalaj rally will be the biggest in Gujarat in recent times.
“The preparations are in full swing for the rally which will be the biggest in Gujarat’s history. This will be the first time that the people of Gujarat will witness Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi address from the same podium,” Gohil told IANS.
Priyanka Gandhi had recently held a massive Roadshow on Feb 11 along with Jyotiraditya Scindia and Rahul Gandhi. Scindia was appointed as the Party’s In-Charge to look after the party’s affairs in Uttar Pradesh West.
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Priyanka had on Feb 14 canceled her maiden press meet as the Congress General Secretary in Lucknow following the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Personnel were killed.
Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda said the motive behind having the CWC meet and the rally in Gujarat was to send a strong signal to the BJP in Modi’s home state where the Congress in the 2017 Assembly polls gave a tough fight.
“Through the Adalaj rally, the entire Congress leadership will give voice to the people of Gujarat and the country whose aspirations have been crushed by the Modi government,” told IANS.
Congress in 2014 General Elections failed to win even a single Lok Sabha and was completely Blown away by the “Modi wave”. In 2017 Gujarat Assembly Polls, Congress win 77 seats while BJP win 99 seats.
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