Last Update: February 24, 2023, 09:57 IST
Leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will skip the first day of the meeting as they will reach Raipur by 4 pm (PTI).
There will be a meeting of the subject committee on the same day at 4 pm in which six proposals will be considered
The 3-day 85th Congress plenary session will begin on Friday with a focus on the Congress Working Committee (CWC) elections in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. On the first day of the session, key leaders will meet and decide whether elections to the top decision-making body will be held or not.
According to reports, leader Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi And Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will skip the first day of the meeting as she will reach Raipur by 4 pm. The session is scheduled to begin at 10 am and the Steering Committee, which is playing the role of the Working Committee (the previous one was disbanded till the formation of the new CWC), will hold discussions.
The plenary session will be attended by top Congress leaders who will mainly support the chairmanship of Mallikarjun Kharge.
In 3 crucial days, the Congress will discuss a clear roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and finalize a strategy for forging electoral alliances with like-minded parties to take on the BJP.
Notably, Congress leader Pawan Khera was dropped at the Delhi airport when he was on his way to Raipur for the same plenary session on Thursday. He was detained by the Assam Police in connection with an FIR regarding his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered him to be granted interim bail.
The session, which comes in the backdrop of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which has been described as a success by the party, will be attended by around 15,000 delegates.
Asked whether elections will be held for Congress Working Committee (CWC) seats, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said, “The steering committee will decide on it tomorrow. This matter will definitely come up during the Steering Committee meeting…I cannot say anything about it today. But we are ready for it, he said. (CWC) elections, all preparations have been done. If the decision comes in favor of elections, elections will be held,” Ramesh said at a press conference.
Giving information about the program in the plenary session, Ramesh had said that there will be a meeting of the steering committee on Friday at 10 am, followed by a meeting of the subject committee at 4 pm on the same day, in which six proposals will be considered.
These proposals will be discussed on 25 and 26 February. On February 25, proposals related to political, economic and international affairs will be discussed and on February 26, proposals related to agriculture and farmers’ welfare; social justice and empowerment; And youth, employment and education will be discussed,” Ramesh said.
He had said that on February 26, there would be a speech by the Congress President at 2 pm and a public meeting would be held at 4 pm. The plenary session is being held at a time when the Congress is facing unprecedented challenges electorally and even to its primacy in the opposition bloc.
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