Assam Congress gears up as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra embarks on a pivotal two-day trip starting Thursday, zeroing in on election candidate screening. The party’s screening committee head and Wayanad parliamentarian aims to streamline selections for the high-stakes polls.
The schedule blends spirituality and strategy: morning prayers at Kamakhya Temple, then headquarters at Rajiv Bhavan for marathon discussions from 11 AM to late night. Expect dialogues with local leaders, organizational fronts, and foot soldiers to identify poll-tested names.
Jitendra Singh, AICC general secretary overseeing Assam, and Gaurav Gogoi, state party president, confirmed details in a presser. Singh praised the initiative as unprecedented, fostering bottom-up candidate choices for better electoral odds.
Priyanka plans repeat trips to read the electorate’s pulse and fortify ranks, per Singh. Gogoi targeted February-end for the initial candidate announcement following Delhi consultations, boasting Congress’s advanced prep and active alliance negotiations.
No punches pulled against CM Himanta Biswa Sarma: Gogoi accused him of forfeiting credibility on faith-based leadership claims, amid probes into land mafia and livestock rackets implicating his relatives. He dismissed hype over 12,000 bighas of disputed family land as deflection tactics.
This tour marks a aggressive reset for Congress in Assam, with Priyanka at the forefront of revival efforts.