By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress will attain out to civil society members and like-minded political teams for the ‘Bharat Jodo’ yatra from October 2 for rallying assist to fight polarisation and shield Constitution, democracy and numerous establishments, senior celebration leaders mentioned on Thursday.
The 3500-km yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir will move via 12 states and is the primary such main train in a long time, protecting the complete stretch of the nation from south to north, they mentioned, days after the celebration introduced the initiative at its Chintan Shivir in Udaipur.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi may also maintain a day-long session with 70 working presidents in states, ministers in party-ruled states, in addition to some celebration spokespersons and others ignored on the Shivir, and can hear them out.
The leaders mentioned the Congress chief would announce a activity drive very quickly to offer last form to the selections taken within the Udaipur declaration in a phased method.
The activity drive may also assist formulate the celebration’s technique for the 2024 basic elections and make the celebration election-ready.
The Congress, they mentioned, can also be eager to strengthen its communication technique and rapidly formulate the celebration’s views on key points confronting the nation, an space flagged by leaders through the Shivir.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi may have an advisory committee of senior leaders from the CWC, who will information her and the celebration in taking the celebration place on essential points, they mentioned.
The celebration has additionally determined to coach leaders on easy methods to articulate the celebration’s views on key points earlier than the nation, which is a part of the plan to strengthen its communication technique.
The coaching can be finished in a scientific method in Kerala.
The organising of the coaching institute was additionally a part of the 2003 Shimla declaration of the celebration.
The Udaipur Shivir additionally noticed the give attention to organisational issues for the primary time as these overtook the political and financial points through the discussions and the result.
The choices included 50 p.c illustration of these under 50 years of age in celebration positions.
The Congress will see its implementations at block and district-level committees inside the subsequent two-three months, with the purpose of holding the common age of 45 years in these panels.
However, within the Pradesh Congress Committees (PCC) and the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the best decision-making physique of the celebration, bringing the common age to 50 years will take a while as its members are required to have extra expertise, they mentioned.
On the Bharat Jodo yatra, the leaders mentioned the Congress may also attain out to civil society members and like-minded political teams and establishments to make the yatra broad-based and attain out to the plenty.
“The yatra is not just aimed at uniting the country and freeing it from the grip of increased polarisation, but also saving the Constitution, the democracy, government assets and institutions,” a senior Congress chief.
The Congress will organise public conferences in a number of states alongside its path to unfold consciousness in regards to the “designs of the BJP to divide the country on religious lines due to an atmosphere of increased polarisation”, a pacesetter mentioned.
A committee of senior leaders can be fashioned to work on the route and former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is anticipated to be current throughout its begin in Kanyakumari.
The celebration has acquired an encouraging response from individuals from all walks of life together with civil society members and people from establishments who need to affiliate themselves with the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo yatra’, the leaders mentioned.
Unlike the celebration’s Pachmarhi, Shimla and Jaipur conclaves, they identified, it was the primary time within the Chintan Shivir in Udaipur that the celebration adopted the declaration in Hindi because the celebration intends to win again the 250 Lok Sabha seats within the north.
Besides, the Udaipur Shivir additionally noticed every of the 430-odd delegates communicate on essential points.
The Congress may also undertake the second part of Jan Jagran Abhiyan from June 15 and can give attention to value rise, financial system and unemployment through the subsequent three months until October.
