Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will present the party’s vision and the way forward at its plenary session starting Friday “with the focus on workers instead of leaders this time”. The plenary session, starting with a meeting of the Steering Committee, will set the tone for the party’s poll strategy in the lok Sabha and State Assembly elections where it seeks to oust the BJP from power.
Sources said the party will adopt four resolutions — one each on the political situation, the economic front and on the foreign affairs besides a separate one on agriculture, unemployment and poverty alleviation. The party will highlight its vision on each sphere and compare it with the current situation. The session will also look into future alliances that the party foresees will be needed for defeating the BJP.
After Steering Committee meeting, where a final shape will be given to all resolutions, the plenary session will start on the morning of March 17 with an inaugural address by party chief Rahul Gandhi.
At the two-day brainstorming session, two resolutions, including the one on political situation, will be taken up and adopted on the first day, while two others, including the one on jobs, will be taken up on the concluding day.
The session will end with an address of the Congress president, where he would set the tone for party’s plan forward for the upcoming elections.
The political resolution, the sources say, will also indicate the party’s plans for forging coalitions with like-minded parties.
The Congress is seeking to build a larger front of opposition parties to stop the BJP from coming back to power and former president Sonia Gandhi has called upon them to set aside their differences to come together for a larger national cause.
Since the Steering Committee will cease to exist after the plenary session, the new Working Committee (CWC) of the party will also be put in place soon.
The party’s key focus would be on the issue of agriculture and unemployment, the source said, adding that the party wants to highlight the agrarian crisis in the country and joblessness among the people to help garner public support.