All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice president Rahul Gandhi met senior Congress leaders in New Delhi on Monday on the issue of strengthening the party base in the State. The Gandhi scion discussed about the organisational status of the party and asked the leaders to speed up party activities in the State.
Rahul’s meeting with four heavyweights of State Congress including Union Minister Srikant Jena, MP Bhakta Chran Das, former PCC president Jaydeb Jena and senior Congress leader lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra pointed to a possible change in the leadership of the Pradesh Congress Committee. The routine discussion with the senior Congress leaders is giving a sign of leadership change, said a political analyst.
But the State leaders clarified that the meeting was usual and totally based on strengthening of party in the State. “Rahul discussed on strengthening the party and speeding up party works to prepare for the coming elections. The meeting was purely based on party matter,” said Jena.