Come October, the Congress will have a chance to halt the saffron juggernaut in the poll-bound states of Maharashtra and Haryana, besides over a dozen assembly segments across the country set for bypolls. By all accounts, though, it won바카라™t. The Âsituation in Jharkhand and Delhi is no different.
On September 12, at a meeting of her party바카라™s top central and state leaders, Sonia Gandhi looked visibly frustrated at seeing a Congress she had revived from the wilderness years of 1996 to 2004 descend once again into an existential crisis. She has set about on a course-correction, but with assembly polls weeks away and her party virtually imploding, the task at hand is an Âonerous one. She has to navigate big fat egos of regional satraps and keep her alliances intact, while also rebuilding her party at the grassroots. 바카라śThe task isn바카라™t easy, but I will work together with all party colleagues to make the Congress battle-ready for the polls,바카라ť says Kumari Selja, the newly appointed Haryana Congress chief. Similar sentiments are echoed by her newly appointed counterparts in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Balasaheb Thorat and Rameshwar Oraon respectively.
Sonia바카라™s recent meeting with NCP chief Sharad Pawar swiftly sealed the alliance between the two parties for Maharashtra. In Jharkhand, the Congress is in talks with Hemant Soren바카라™s JMM, Babulal Marandi바카라™s JVM-P, Lalu Yadav바카라™s RJD and the Left parties to finalise a grand alliance. While Oraon says 바카라śthe alliance is almost final and will be announced soon바카라ť, sources said Soren 바카라ścould leave the Congress out because of its big brother attitude.바카라ť
Sources say the party바카라™s poll plank would be 바카라śeconomic Âchallenges, rising unemployment and lawlessness바카라ť. A general secretary says the Congress will 바카라śhighlight failures of the CMs, but keep attacks on PM Modi to a minimum.바카라ť Sonia is also keen on 바카라śminimising Âtemple visits and overt display of the Congress바카라™s Hindu outreach바카라ť바카라”a hallmark of Rahul바카라™s poll campaigns. A senior Maharashtra leader, though, calls Sonia바카라™s measures 바카라śpure Âwindow dressing바카라ť, adding that the Congress has 바카라śno clear Âideology nor grassroots presence바카라¦only petty ego battles.바카라ť Sonia has insisted on an Âenrollment drive to recruit new members at the grassroots and training programes for them. 바카라śBy the time we have our enrollment drive and training camps in the Âpoll-bound states, the election would be over and the BJP back in power,바카라ť says a PCC chief.
