A meeting of the Punjab Congress here claimed that the party was set to win two-thirds majority in the coming elections scheduled to be held in 2017.
“There is a massive groundswell against the ruling Akali-BJP alliance and only the Congress was in a position to provide better governance and Government”, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh told the meeting.
The meeting was presided over by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge for Punjab affairs Asha Kumari and was attended among others by the PCC president Capt Amarinder Singh, Chairperson of the Campaign Committee Ambika Soni, former union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, ClP leader Charanjit Singh Channi, former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and other senior leaders of the party.
Briefing the committee, the PCC president claimed that there was an overwhelming response to the party programmes being held across the State. He said till today, senior party leaders had reached out to the workers in 71 constituencies and by August 8, all the 117 constituencies will be covered in the first phase. “The level of involvement by the workers in our programmes leaves hardly any doubt that the party is headed for a landslide victory”, he said, while expressing confidence that, this time the party will cross the two-thirds mark.
Asha Kumari said that she had got lot of positive feedback from the grass-roots level. She expressed satisfaction over the unity shown by the party rank and file in the state. She said, everybody she met across Punjab wanted Congress to form the Government in the State.
The meeting also discussed the progress being made by various committees set up to provide inputs for the party’s manifesto.