Pradesh Congress Committee president Jayadev Jena on Monday said All India Congress Committee vice-president Rahul Gandhi would visit Odisha in August.
Gandhi would address a public meeting and meet the Press in Bhubaneswar. The date and time of his visit are to be finalised later, Jena said. Jena informed this after meeting Gandhi in New Delhi on the day. Gandhi asked him to submit the State party’s plan of action for the next three months.
Gandhi discussed in details as to how the State Congress should prepare for the coming general elections. The mega mining scam, chit fund scams, corruption and misgovernance of the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government would be the main planks of the Congress in the 2014 polls, said Jena. After taking over as AICC vice-president, Rahul Gandhi had last visited the State on February 18 ad 19,
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi inaugurated a two-day media conclave of the Congress in New Delhi on Monday to tone up the party’s communication strategy in various States and propagate the UPA Government's achievements among the masses ahead of the elections.
From Odisha, five party leaders MP Pradip Majhi, MlA Prasad Harichandan, former MP Ranjib Biswal, former MlA Debasish Patnaik and Sulochana Das attended the conclave.
The Congress would unveil its social platform 'Khidki' for about 200 party spokespersons from across the country encouraging them to use it as a window of opportunity besides giving them lessons in the dos and don'ts of electronic media, an AICC statement said.Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari will train the participants on how to prepare for an effective debate or Press briefing.