The newly appointed president of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee, Pritam Singh met the All India Congress Committee vice president Rahul Gandhi.
Thanking the party leadership for selecting him for the post of PCC president, Singh also discussed the political scenario of the State with the party’s National vice president.
According to the Uttarakhand PCC chief spokesman Mathura Datt Joshi, in addition to information the AICC vice president about the political situation in Uttarakhand, the PCC chief also discussed the plan of action for the future.
Singh also informed him about the various programmes being undertaken by the party organisation in the State. Joshi further informed that this was the first visit of Singh to the National capital after being appointed the president of the PCC.
Apart from meeting Gandhi, the PCC chief also called on the AICC general secretary and Uttarakhand party in charge Ambika Soni, seeking her guidance in affairs of the party. Singh also made a courtesy visit to AICC general secretary and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh.
The PCC chief spokesman further informed that late in the evening, the PCC chief was also scheduled to meet the AICC president Sonia Gandhi. Earlier, natives of the State residing in Delhi and supporting the Congress accorded a welcome to Singh on his arrival in the national capital.
A number of Congress workers belonging to Uttarakhand were also among those present on the occasion. It is pertinent to mention here that after being recently appointed the president of Uttarakhand PCC, Pritam Singh is scheduled to formally assume charge at the PCC office in Dehradun on May 11.