CWC meet likely at Sardar Patel Bhavan

The Congress plans to hold its Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the historic Sardar Patel Bhavan at Ahmedabad next week, ahead of a meeting of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), in a move ripe with significance.

- Saubhadra Chatterjee

NEW DELHI: HT learns that the party hopes to use the meetings to announce a shift in organisational strategy that includes empowering its district level committees.

The decision to hold the CWC meeting at Sardar Patel Bhavan comes amid the party's relentless effort to reclaim the legacy of the national icon from the Narendra Modi-led BJP which has successfully appropriated the legacy of not just Patel, but also Babasaheb Ambedkar and Subhas Chandra Bose.

"We wanted to hold the CWC meeting at Sardar Patel Bhavan as this year marks his 150th Birth anniversary and 75th death anniversary," said a senior strategist who is involved in the preparations of the meetings. The CWC meeting is scheduled on April 8 followed by the AICC meeting on April 9.