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Cong allows workers to express views

PNS

With the Congress focussing on workers during the ongoing plenary session here, the party on Saturday allowed some of its lower rank members to express their views in the presence of top leaders, including its president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Workers from as Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala and others spoke on issues like agrarian woes, encouraging loyal functionaries inside the party to strengthen it, pitched for Rahul Gandhi as the next Prime Minister and job creation.

The workers, who spoke after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, read out the party’s resolution on agrarian and poverty alleviation, also stressed on the need to communicate effectively the achievements of the Congress-led UPA.