After yet another dismal performance in recently concluded Assembly elections soon after the South to North India ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, the youth wing of the Congress has now planned multiple outreach programmes even as the grand old party is designing its model of the East to West Yatra.
The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) will conduct "Youth Jodo, Booth Jodo", "Youth Connect Program", and "Ek Booth Paanch Youth" keeping in mind for forthcoming assembly elections in various states. During a three-day national executive meeting organised on March 3 in Bengaluru, the party discussed strategies for the forthcoming assembly election in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
The grand old is already undertaking party Haath se Haath Jodo campaign to connect directly to the people across the country while the major, East to West Yatra similar to the Rahul Gandhi led 3500 km Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra spanning for about four months, has been announced by the party at the last week’s Congress Plenary in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
"The message of the Congress party has to be conveyed to the masses. In the forthcoming assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha elections, we will connect with all the youngsters of the country," said IYC national president Srinivas BV said. As the Karnataka Assembly elections are around the corner, several leaders including Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar, vice president Suraj Hegde, Karnataka MLA Krishna Byre Gowda, All India Congress Committee (AICC) In-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao and senior Congress leader K J George also attended the meeting.
Shivakumar said that the leaders of the Congress party have "sacrificed power" and considered "serving the country as their religion". "Corruption is increasing day by day under the BJP ruled Karnataka due to people have been suffering.
The Congress party will form a government here in the coming days and will work for the welfare of the people," he said. Exuding confidence amongst the party workers in winning the forthcoming polls, Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the Congress will "emerge victorious with full majority."
Srinivas said the declining economy, rising inflation, unemployment, hatred, violence and other problems were also discussed in the meeting and several resolutions were also passed by the party members.