The All India Congress Committee vice president Rahul Gandhi has exhorted all the party workers to prepare for ‘Mission 2019’. He said this while interacting with the party members after his arrival at the Dehradun airport. The AICC vice president reached Dehradun on Friday afternoon to participate in a programme held in a private school in the provisional state capital.
led by the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh, the Congress members welcomed the AICC vice president at the Dehradun airport. According to the PCC chief spokesman Mathura Dutt Joshi, Rahul Gandhi interacted with the party workers at the airport and exhorted them to get involved in the preparations for the lok Sabha elections slated to be held in 2019. The AIIC vice president said, “Today, some powers are trying to destroy the social fabric of the nation. We will have to unite and with all our strength, fight against such forces,” he said. The Uttarakhand PCC chief Pritam Singh informed Rahul Gandhi about the political situation in Uttarakhand. He also informed him about the disaster scenarios experienced in various parts of the state. The AICC vice president was also informed by Singh about the programmes being undertaken by the party in the state. Inviting the AICC chief to visit the state in the near future, the PCC chief also requested him to guide the Congress party workers in the state. The PCC chief also thanked the party workers for turning up in large numbers at the airport to welcome the AICC vice president. The leader of opposition in the Vidhan Sabha, Indira Hridayesh, party state co in-charge Sanjay Kapur, former chief minister Harish Rawat, former PCC president Kishore Upadhyay, MlAs Karan Mahra, Govind Singh Kunjwal, Qazi Nizamuddin, Mamta Rakesh, Furkan Ahmed, Adesh Chauhan, former MlAs Rajkumar, Navprabhat, TPS Rawat and various other party office bearers were also among those present at the airport on the occasion.