All-India Congress Committee general secretary and in-charge of party’s affairs in Uttar Pradesh, Madhusudan Mistri, urged party leaders in the state to take up the people’s issues aggressively andconnect with the masses to garner their support in the coming lok Sabha election. “There is very little time left and the Congress leaders should make all-out effort for the party’s revival in the state,’’ Mistri said, addressing the Congress lucknow City unit here on Wednesday morning.
On Tuesday, Mistri had asked the party leaders to come out on the roads and strongly protest the wrong policies of the Samajwadi Party Government and expose the failures of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav while highlighting the excesses and ‘goonda raj’ of Samajwadi Party leaders. While stressing on strengthening the party organisation, Mistri askedthe party workers to give priority to people’s issues.
The Congress in-charge of UP had held several rounds of meetings on the first day of his visit here on Tuesday, and asked the party leaders to get into aggressive mode against the Samajwadi Party
government in UP.He also hinted that the party could field candidates against SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members in the lok Sabha election.
later, the AICC general secretary left for Faizabad, though about two hours late. He is scheduled to address party leaders of the nearby districts after inaugurating a zonal office there. UPCC president Nirmal Khatri, who is also a Member of Parliament from Faizabad, is accompanying Mistri during his tour.The Congress leader is unlikely to visit Ayodhya to avoid any controversy. After a night halt at Faizabad, Mistri will move to Gorakhpur and return to New Delhi later in the day on Thursday
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He has already cut down his visit by a day by cancelling his tour to Varanasi where he was scheduled to meet the leaders to discuss the issue of giving more teeth to the workers active at grass-root level.
Mistri will start the second leg of his UP tour from July 18.