‘Gear up to meet challenge thrown by BJP’-Rahul: why should we be ruffled by Opposition agenda?‎11/9/11

‘Gear up to meet challenge thrown by BJP’/Rahul: why should we be ruffled by Opposition agenda?‎Calls for intensified campaign on flagship programmes‎

Last Updated: Sunday, September 11, 2011, 00:58

‘Gear up to meet challenge thrown by BJP’ New Delhi: With BJP making corruption a major issue and L K Advani planning to take out a yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asked partymen to gear up to meet the political challenge.

A meeting of the party general secretaries and in-charges of states saw Gandhi underlining the need for implementation of the action plan unveiled by party chief Sonia Gandhi at the party plenary at Burari here in December last.


Sonia Gandhi had given a clarion call to confront corruption head on and had come out with an action plan for bringing transparency in governance.

This was the first meeting of the party general secretaries after Gandhi's return from the US after a surgery from which she is said to have recovered well.


AICC General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said the meeting decided all state incharges will send a report to the Congress President on the work done in their states in her absence and the report will also carry details of whatever they implemented of the action plan as suggested at Burari.

"The meeting also discussed what programmes could be taken up in various states keeping in mind the current political situation there", Dwivedi said.

The meeting began with members expressing happiness at the successful recovery of the Congress President and her return here, after which all state-incharges discussed the initiatives taken by them in their jurisdictions.

Except AICC General Secretary Vilas Muttemwar and CWC member Shakeel Ahmed, all other office-bearers were present in the meeting.

PTI