The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay chaired a meeting with PCC vice presidents in Dehradun on Sunday to discuss organisational aspects regarding the 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections. Informing about the meeting, the PCC chief spokesman Mathuradatt Joshi said, adding that the party office bearers made various suggestions in the meeting.
Addressing the party office bearers, the PCC chief said that about 50 cells and departments have been formed in the PCC. An attempt has been made to link the various sections of society by providing them representation in the party’s cells and departments.
Upadhyay said that interactive programmes are being chaired by the Chief Minister Harish Rawat in each district to hear and resolve public grievances in order to strengthen the party organisation and as part of the preparations for the 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections. Interactions are also being held in each of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies to gather the suggestions of party workers with such programmes being held in more than 25 Vidhan Sabha constituencies so far. He further said that teams comprising four senior Congress leaders each have been formed for each Vidhan Sabha constituency to strengthen the party organisation at the booth and Gram Panchayat levels.
These teams will not only ensure that the public welfare schemes being implemented by the State Government are publicized but will also raise awareness on the detrimental impacts of the BJP led Central Government’s policies on the State. The PCC chief said that on the demand of party workers, one position holder has been deputed to each of the 34 Assembly constituencies not represented by Congress, to establish coordination between the party workers and the local administration. The party office bearers attending the meeting stressed on need for publicity of Panchayati Raj and rural development schemes and maximizing the number of people from minorities, backward segments, labourers, farmers, youth and women in the party.