Congress leaders and party cadre attended celebratory programmes in various towns of Uttarakhand to mark the 46th birthday of Congress national vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday.
Along with the Chief Minister Harish Rawat, the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay expressed his good wishes to the party vice-president on the occasion along with other party leaders and Congress cadre.
In the State Capital, a voluntary blood donation camp was organised with the involvement of the Congress party IT cell to mark the occasion. While the blood donation camp was held under medical supervision of doctors from Shri Mahant Indiresh hospital, party workers distributed sweets at the Congress Bhawan on the occasion.
Office bearers of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee, Dehradun Mahanagar head Prithviraj Singh, party workers and members of National Students Union of India among others donated their blood voluntarily on the occasion. At Haldwani, the State
Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Indira Hridayesh, who is also the Haldwani MlA, formally inaugurated a voluntary blood donation camp organised at the local Soban Singh Jeena base hospital. Addressing the gathering of local party workers on the occasion, the senior State Cabinet Minister said that the manner in which the AICC vice president had worked to further improve the organisational strength of the party will continue to power the organizational strength of the Congress.
She also extolled Rahul Gandhi opining that he was a source of inspiration for the youth associated with the party. According to the voluntary blood donation camp organisers, about 100 local youth had donated blood on the occasion. In lalkuan, the party vice president’s 46th birthday was marked by local party workers as ‘Sankalp Diwas’.
At a programme organised in the Nagar Panchcyat hall, local party members opined that under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, both the Congress party and the nation will achieve great heights in developmental and other aspects. The lalkuan Nagar Panchayat head Rambabu Mishra, Mahila Congress city head Meena Rawat and others were present on the occasion.