Congress to focus on setting up state executive after Ahmedabad meet

The Congress is set to form the state executive committee to strengthen the organization in Uttar Pradesh even as the party leadership has given signals of empowering the District Congress Committees that were reconstituted recently.

- Umesh Raghuvanshi

LUCKNOW:

If all goes well, the party will shift focus on constituting the state executive after the national convention scheduled in Ahmedabad on April 8 and 9. However, setting up the party units down to the booth level may take some time.

All India Congress Committee general secretary (incharge U.P.) Avinash Pandey had on January 13 announced that a five-tier organisation, including district units and the state executive, will be in place in the next 100 days.

The Congress has already constituted the district units. The 100-day timeline requires the party to set up the new state executive body by the end of April.

"Yes, we are in the process of holding consultations with senior party leaders. We hope there will be a discussion and a decision on the new state executive committee after the Ahmedabad convention," said Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai.