Congress gears up for Delhi elections, focuses on cadre building

As Congress prepares for the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi next year, interim president Devender Yadav is engaging with ticket aspirants to identify politically aware candidates.

- BADAR BASHIR

This strategy aims to ensure that the party can groom local leaders in various constituencies by providing them with opportunities to run for office.

Moreover, the party leadership in the union territory is focusing on building cadre by appointing party officials at the grass roots.

A Congress spokesperson in Delhi said, "There are 272 blocks in Delhi out of which around 60 block committees of Congress are defunct.

They are waiting appointments. And the leadership has decided to first fill such posts so that the decision taken at the top passes down to the booth levels fluidly, and the Congress is able to perform better. Devender Yadav is himself heading the appointments. Congress is the only party in the country which has a Booth Management Department.