Rahul Gandhi hints at major overhaul in Gujarat Cong unit

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday began his twoday Gujarat visit with a focus on 2027 assembly polls where he gave indications of a major overhaul in the partys state unit and assured to implement a strong plan to defeat the BJPGandhi arrived in Ahmedabad in the morning and held meetings with party leaders throughout the dayAfter his arrival at the airport here the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha headed straight to Gujarat Congress headquarters in Paldi area of the cityHe first met senior party leaders including former state Congress presidents and former leaders of opposition LoPs in the assembly the party said in a statementLater in the day he attended a meeting with members of the state political affairs committeeIn a statement on Thursday the Congress said Gandhi had earlier asserted that the party would win the 2027 Gujarat assembly elections and he would be visiting the state to start the work for the pollsGujarat the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been under BJPs rule since 1995In the evening Gandhi held a meeting with district and city presidents of the Congress Thereafter he interacted with nearly 400 taluka and municipality chiefs of the partyTalking to reporters in the evening All India Congress Committee AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said Gandhi took opinions of groundlevel party workers on what changes were required to strengthen the party organisationThis meeting was aimed at strengthening the party and its organisation in Gujarat Rahul Gandhi gave his entire time to listen to party leaders from block district and state level Our concentration is to strengthen party organisation and that is why we are taking views of local leaders Venugopal said after the meetingsIn a release the Gujarat Congress said that during his meetings Gandhi asked the state unit to raise issues concerning local peopleHe assured the local cadres to bring about major changes in the organisation and responsibility as well as accountability of new officebearers will also be fixed it saidGandhi asked party leaders to raise issues including those related to unemployment inflation womens security and plight of farmers in GujaratIn his dialogue with the district presidents special emphasis was laid to strengthen the organisational structure up to the boothlevel the release said adding that Gandhi also urged cadres to start their preparations for the upcoming assembly pollsGandhi assured the local leaders that the party is going to implement a strong plan to defeat BJP in Gujarat he saidGandhi will address party workers in Ahmedabad on Saturday and leave for Delhi that afternoonThe upcoming AICC session is scheduled to be held in Ahmedabad on April 89 It will be held in the state after 64 yearsIn the 2022 Gujarat assembly elections the Congress won only 17 of the 182 seats in the state But the partys strength in the House came down to 12 after the resignation of five MLAsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever