With a view to strengthen organisational structure of the party Gujarat Congress on Thursday kick-start 45-day long ‘Samvad Yatra’ (Dialogue Tour) from the pilgrimage Ambaji in North Gujarat. The Yatra will cover 33 districts and eight biggest cities – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Junagadh during the period.
The newly appointed Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda and leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani flagged off Samvad Yatra and covered Banaskantha and Patan districts in North Gujarat. Apart from meeting local party workers, the top Congress leaders in the State would also highlight problems being faced by the people under the BJP ruled Government that include burning problem of drinking water scarcity. They would also meet people and give assurance to raise their issues with the State Government.
In lines with their top leader Rahul Gandhi, the Gujarat Congress leadership would kick-start all phases of ‘Samvad Yatra’ from a pilgrimage or a temple. According to a Congress leader ‘Soft Hindutva’ paid rich dividend in the 2017 Assembly polls as the party improved its tally from 60 seats to 77 out of 182 total seats.