Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay said that the State Government has managed the Ardh Kumbh Mela commendably with its own resources in the absence of funds from the Central Government. Addressing the media here on Friday, he informed that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi are also expected to visit during an 11-day Congress Seva Dal training camp to be organised in the near future.
The PCC chief also said that Congress office bearers have started efforts for strengthening of the party’s ancillary organisations, departments and cells. Stating that the party has started preparations in order to secure majority in the 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections, Upadhyay also came up with a road-map for this purpose. Commending the Ardh Kumbh arrangements made by the State Government using its own resources, the PCC chief also thanked chief minister Harish Rawat for this. He informed that apart from the PCC monthly meetings, workers convention in assembly segments, marches in all five lok Sabha constituencies and State level conventions of the party’s ancillary organisations, departments and cells along with training camps will be held during this year. He said, “The monthly meeting slated to be held in Pithoragarh on January 24 will now be held in Haridwar. Within the next four months, an 11-day training camp of the Congress Seva Dal will be organised with 1,100 members expected to attend it. The training camp will be held at one of three towns- Rishikesh, Tehri or Almora. Party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi will also be present on the occasion to guide the village level party workers.”
The PCC chief further stated that after the budget session of the Vidhan Sabha, conventions of party workers will be organised in all the Vidhan Sabha constituencies. He informed that Chief Minister Harish Rawat, the former PCC chief, former Chief Minister, Rajya Sabha member, lok Sabha candidates, district Congress heads and local party workers will also be present in these meets.