After win in K’taka, Rahul eyes Maha
After getting a clear majority in the Karnataka Assembly polls, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is seriously concentrating on Maharashtra and is likely to come to the state on a two-day visit.
This will be his second visit in the last three months. However, there was no official confirmation from the All-India Congress Committee yet.
Mr Gandhi is believed to be in Maharashtra from May 27, as part of his feedback meetings with workers and office-bearers on the party’s prospects in the LS elections.
The interactions may take place in Pune or Mumbai. The tentative dates of the visit are May 27 and 28, party sources said.
In March, Mr Gandhi had held district-wise meetings exclusively for Mumbai and this time the two-day deliberations will cover the rest of the state.
He then held district-wise meetings attended by the district president, three elected district vice-presidents, one elected treasurer and all block presidents, MLAs (Member of Legislative Assembly), MLCs (Member of Legislative Council), MPs (Member of Parliament), municipal councillors and the all candidates, who had contested MLA elections last time. This time again he is expected to arrange similar meetings to get agrip of the actual situation of the party.
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Cong V-p meets party leaders from UTs
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, May 17
A meeting of Congress leaders from Union Territories convened by party vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday saw strong pleas to make the Union home ministry proactive to resolve the problems faced by the areas ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
The leaders from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Lakshdweep, Daman and Diu as also Chandigarh impressed upon Mr Gandhi that since the home ministry is administering the areas, it needed to take special interest to address the problems of the people there.
Leaders from Andaman and Nicobar sought a subsidy in airfares to the islands on the
lines available to the northeastern region to ensure greater connectivity while those from Daman and Diu sought help for fishermen in the area.
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