After the defeat in the assembly elections, Congress is busy strengthening its organization but the building of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Office built on Link Road Number 1 of Bhopal is becoming weak. Many cracks have appeared in the walls. The tiles on the walls are also falling off. From office walls to boundary walls have also been damaged at many places.
In the year 1997, the foundation stone of the newly constructed building of the State Congress Office was laid.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sitaram Kesari had laid the foundation stone for the construction work of the new PCC building on January 29 in the presence of the then CM Digvijay Singh and State Congress President Parasram Bhardwaj.
The state Congress office was ready in 9 years and 5 months. The new PCC headquarters was inaugurated on July 03, 2006 by the then National President of Congress Sonia Gandhi under the chairmanship of State Congress President Subhash Yadav.
The foundation stone of the new PCC building was laid in 1997. The newly constructed building of Congress was inaugurated in 2006.
Last year, PCC Chief Kamal Nath had visited the basement of PCC and inspected it. On the advice of architects, Kamal Nath got the garbage filled in the basement of PCC cleaned and prepared an underground office here. The basement used to be filled with water every year during the rainy season. The technical team had prepared the underground office by eliminating the problem of leakage and drainage in the basement. Rooms have been set up here for ST Congress spokespersons and officials of various departments.
Congress leaders discussed the issue of building a new PCC building. There was also discussion about demolishing the existing building and constructing a 6-storey office with all facilities, but this issue remained limited to discussion only.
Even during the Chief Ministership of Digvijay Singh, there were talks about allotting new land for the Congress office and building a multi-storey office. But some constructive action regarding the new office could not proceed.
While the Congress office building is falling into disrepair, the BJP is demolishing the office building at stop number seven and building a new multi-storey hi-tech office. Last year, BJP national president JP Nadda had performed the bhoomi pujan of the new office building.