Not withstanding the on-going controversy over party’s vice president Rahul Gandhi reportedly going on sabbatical, the Uttar Pradesh Congress is trying to revitalize itself by holding padyatras and agitation against the Centre as well as the UP government. A training camp of the youths is underway in Varanasi, the Parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which will end on Monday with a padyatra from Town Hall to Rajendra Prasad Ghat where the youths will take oath to fight against the communal and casteist forces.
“Over 10,000 people including youth are likely to join the Padyatra to express their protest over anti-people budget, amendment in the land Acquisition Act and NDA Government’s attempt to promote corporate culture in the country', said senior party leader and in charge of the padyatra Rajeshpati Tripathi. Earlier, a padyatra was held in Etawah, the home district of Mulayam Singh Yadav on February 25 as a run up for the March 12 state wide Rail and Road roko agitation against the Central and the UP governments. A three day ideological training camp is being organized at Sarnath from February 28. “Over 200 youth, attending the camp, were told about the myth of Gujarat model of economic development.
It is also discussing as how canard is being spread against Congress and its leaders’’, said Satyadeo Tripathi, media chairman of UP Congress. The Congress leader said that the objective of the camp is to prepare an energetic team of youths in Modi’s lok Sabha constituency who can expose Government’s policies. “local Congress MlA and other office bearers of the party are also attending the three day camp’’ he said. AICC, state Congress unit, Jawaharlal leadership institute Delhi and UP wing of Rajiv Gandhi study circle have jointly prepared the Rsleadership development programme’ for the three day youth camp.
Hemant Shah, Professor of economics in HK Arts Institute, spoke about “ground realities of development in Gujarat”. lalji Bhai Desai another activist from Gujarat gave lecture on Rsbreaking the myths against the Congress leaders’. AICC general secretary and UP in charge Madhusudan Mistry spoke on length about rumours being spread about Congress and its leadership.
UP Congress president Nirmal Khatri alkeged that three RsM’ — Modi, Mulayam and Mayawati, were solely responsible for all woes of the people of Uttar Pradesh. The Congress has decided go all out against them and expose them particularly the two ruling, Bharatiya Janta Party in the Centre and Samajwadi Party in the State. The UPCC president said to make the March 12 protest a success Congress leaders were holding padyatras in the State.