Congress calls meet today to discuss poll preparations

New Delhi: Ahead of Assembly elections in five states, the Congress has called meeting of party in-charges on Tuesday to discuss the roadmap. All the state In-charges, state presidents will join the meeting.

The States going to polls early next year are UP, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. In Uttar Pradesh, the Congress has launched a “pratigya yatra” and party In-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has launched 7 resolutions till now and has also held meet of Central Election Committee and finalised first list of candidates which is likely to be released soon.

In other



states like Uttrakhand, the Congress Campaign Committee chairman Harish Rawat has also started a yatra which is ongoing and few BJP leaders have crossed to the Congress which has given boost to the party. However, in crucial states like Punjab and Goa, the party is reeling under internal conflict.

In Goa, several Congress leaders have jumped to join the Trinamool and party senior observer P. Chidambaram has been giving extra time to the state but things have not turned smooth for the grand old party. The Congress has witnessed 10 MLAs switching to the BJP so far.