The State Congress began a two-day Chintan Shivir here on Wednesday with an aim to remain united and devise strategies to take on the BJD and the BJP.
This is the first organisational meeting of the Congress in the State after Prasad Harichandan assumed office last month. The shivir took four major decisions to strengthen party from grassroots level and make people aware of the alleged corruption practice of the BJD Government. “Steps would be taken to unite people against scams and corruption committed by the BJD Government. Expeditious measures will be taken to strengthen the party. leaders at block and district level workers will be given more responsibility. More campaigns would be undertaken on the basis of Congress ideologies and steps would be taken to attract people belonging to all sections of the society to Congress fold,” Harichandan said.
The first-day session of the ‘Chintan Shivir’ was split in four sub-sessions. While in the first sub-session, Harichandan held discussions with party’s senior leaders on future programmes to be taken at grassroots level, he held talks with all 16 MlAs of the party, AICC members and office bearers of front organizations and with former MlAs and MPs in the subsequent sessions, respectively. The AICC in-charge of the party in Odisha BK Hariprasad and his deputy Subhankar Sarkar are attending the ‘Chintan Shivir’.