Punjab Congress has decided to hold various block-level interaction programmes with the public, rather than organising big rallies in the run up to the 2017 Assembly elections.
Despite a successful and massive rally at Bathinda (ruling Badal's stronghold constituency) on December 15, the Opposition has decided to redraw their poll strategy.
“We are changing our programme. Instead of having big rallies, we are going to hold interaction programme with public. The programme will be held at block level or so. The politicians will interact with the people as sometimes people who attend rallies return with some unanswered questions. We want to hold question and answer sessions with the public," PCC President Capt Amarinder Singh said.
He noted that education at the moment was a big issue in the state with poor people unable to provide quality education to their children.
"We have to improve education in a big way. Job creation is another issue. We need to have new policy for industry. We have to give a level playing field to the industry for attracting more investment," he said.
On allegations of not visiting his constituency Amritsar, the lok Sabha MP said, "I am interested in State politics.
Congress President (Sonia Gandhi) wanted me to contest (lok Sabha polls) and I contested as I couldn’t say no to her (Sonia). She told me, “after you win the seat, if you want to go back to Punjab, you can. I won the seat. This does not mean that I am ignoring Amritsar."
"I go there at least once or twice a month. This is the job of MP. Corporation is in Akalis' hands, assemblies are in their hands. Everything is in their hands. We cannot do anything other than meeting people," he said.
However, the leader admitted that he was not attending Parliament.
"We were holding rallies in Punjab. We held 46 rallies in the state to strengthen the party," he said.