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Put Party Workers At Forefront Of Govt Programmes, Rahul Tells Cm | Jaipur News
Jaipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday emphasised the need for putting party workers at the forefront in propagating government schemes instead of depending on the bureaucracy. This led to the decision to launch a three-month door-to-door campaign by Congress leaders and workers in the state. During the meeting of Rajasthan leaders in Delhi, Gandhi asked CM Ashok Gehlot about the dominance of bureaucracy in the government and advised him to control it and give importance to the workers.
“The plans of the Rajasthan government are excellent. I appreciate them. I would also like to point out some drawbacks. Your schemes are not being implemented through workers,” he advised Gehlot. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Whatever you want to do, do it quickly. Gehlotji, now there is no time left. I am narrating Kabir’s couplet to you: Kal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab”.
Sources said Gehlot spoke about only ten minutes but was present throughout the meeting. He talked about the welfare schemes and the success of the inflation relief camps. He said he had appointed four cabinet ministers with important portfolios from SC/ST communities, which happened for the first time in the state. He also agreed with the leaders’ sentiments that ministers and MLAs with weak performance should be denied tickets.
At the meeting, AICC in-charges for Gujarat and Punjab, Raghu Sharma and Harish Chaudhary respectively, advocated for winnability to be the main criterion for ticket allotment, saying only candidates who could win should be given party tickets. AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal also emphasised this point at the press conference.
Chaudhary also suggested an increase in OBC reservations from the current 21 to 27 percent. While the party has been considering this move, it has been wary of a possible backlash from other communities. AICC in-charge SS Randhawa had earlier sought suggestions from MLAs in this regard.
Rajasthan cabinet minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas called for an offensive instead of a defensive approach to fend off the political targeting by the central agencies. “We will have to fight aggressively against ED instead of being defensive,” he said. Speaker CP Joshi rolled out data and analysed the difference between the voting percentages of BJP and Congress, stressing that a marginal difference in voting percentage could make a huge difference in the number of seats. Most leaders praised the work of the Gehlot government and the party organisation while some demanded giving more tickets to the youth and women as per the Udaipur declaration.
“The plans of the Rajasthan government are excellent. I appreciate them. I would also like to point out some drawbacks. Your schemes are not being implemented through workers,” he advised Gehlot. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Whatever you want to do, do it quickly. Gehlotji, now there is no time left. I am narrating Kabir’s couplet to you: Kal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab”.
Sources said Gehlot spoke about only ten minutes but was present throughout the meeting. He talked about the welfare schemes and the success of the inflation relief camps. He said he had appointed four cabinet ministers with important portfolios from SC/ST communities, which happened for the first time in the state. He also agreed with the leaders’ sentiments that ministers and MLAs with weak performance should be denied tickets.
At the meeting, AICC in-charges for Gujarat and Punjab, Raghu Sharma and Harish Chaudhary respectively, advocated for winnability to be the main criterion for ticket allotment, saying only candidates who could win should be given party tickets. AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal also emphasised this point at the press conference.
Chaudhary also suggested an increase in OBC reservations from the current 21 to 27 percent. While the party has been considering this move, it has been wary of a possible backlash from other communities. AICC in-charge SS Randhawa had earlier sought suggestions from MLAs in this regard.
Rajasthan cabinet minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas called for an offensive instead of a defensive approach to fend off the political targeting by the central agencies. “We will have to fight aggressively against ED instead of being defensive,” he said. Speaker CP Joshi rolled out data and analysed the difference between the voting percentages of BJP and Congress, stressing that a marginal difference in voting percentage could make a huge difference in the number of seats. Most leaders praised the work of the Gehlot government and the party organisation while some demanded giving more tickets to the youth and women as per the Udaipur declaration.
