AICC Meet in Gujarat to Focus on Party's Revival in BJP Bastion

District Congress Committees Will Be Asked to Hold Party Events, Check Voter List Manipulation, and Strengthen the Booth Committees

- Saubhadra Chatterji and Maulik Pathak

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) session on Wednesday, preceded by a Congress Working Committee meeting on Tuesday, will discuss ways in which the Congress can take the battle to the BJP in the latter's stronghold Gujarat, empower party organization at the grassroots level, and make a fresh bid to reclaim the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

With the motto of "Nyaypath: Sankalp, Samarpan and Sangharsh" (road to justice, resolve, dedication, struggle), the AICC meeting in Ahmedabad is expected to create political committees in districts for better coordination and decentralization of the party organization, according to three senior leaders. And it could target the BJP over latest developments, including US tariffs. "Even during the pre-Independence era, the Congress used to hold conventions to address the toughest challenges facing the nation," said Pawan Khera, chairperson of the Congress' media and publicity department, at a press conference in Ahmedabad. "With democracy under attack, people are looking to the Congress with hope. It is our duty to lead the nation from darkness into light."