Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today Friday Dec 27,2013 held a strategy session with top leaders and Chief Ministers of 12 Congress-ruled states to make the party fighting fit for the Lok Sabha polls
The day-long exercise that commenced in the morning saw full attendance of Congress Chief Ministers along with senior leaders A K Antony, Sushil Kumar Shinde, P Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel, Jairam Ramesh, Digvijay Singh, Janardan Dwivedi, Kapil Sibal and K B Thomas.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and leader Jarnadan Dwivedi at the meeting
Congress is currently in power in 12 states---
- Manipur
- Mizoram
- Assam
- Karnataka
- Andhra Pradesh
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- Maharashtra
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Kerala and
- Meghalaya
With the Congress's drubbing in recent assembly elections, the party is keen to work out the strategy to retain the states where it is in power at present.
The meeting being held at 15, Rakabganj Road, New Delhi also known as Congress War Room, to work out poll strategies will discuss the future course for the party in the wake of the passage of Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill.
The issue of price rise and steps to arrest it will be taken up in detail at the conclave which will also discuss the food security issue.
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