To chalk out a strategy to revive the pary which has been gasping for survival in its political citadel of the yore, state Congress president Raj Babbar has started meeting senior leaders from various divisions of the state.
The state Congress chief wants to rev up the party by ensuring a satisfactory performance in the imminent Urban local Bodies elections across the state.
After meeting leaders from Jhansi and Chitrakot divisions on Sunday, Babbar is set to meet party leaders from lucknow, Faizabad, Kanpur and Bareilly divisions in lucknow on Tuesday morning.
UPCC spokesman Virendra Madan said that Babbar will meet leaders from Devipatan, Basti, Gorakhpur, and Azamgarh divisons on coming Wednesday. The enxt day, he would have parleys with leaders from Varanasi, Mirzapur, Agra and Allahabad divisions. At the weekend, Babbar is scheduled to meet leaders from Meerut, Saharanpur, Moradabad and Aligarh divisions.
Madan said that Babbar has asked Congress district and city chiefs to convene meeting of senior leaders of the area, sitting MlAs, former MPs and MlAs, former ministers, UPCC office bearers and other prominent leaders. They havebeen asked to shortlist three names for each seat for the Urban local Bodies and send it to the UPCC so that a final decision on their candidature could be taken at the earliest.