Rahul Gandhi makes new action plan; Congress to highlight government's failures

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi and some AICC representatives are scheduled to meet Congress chief ministers and its opposition leaders in state assemblies on Monday and review their performance and implementation of the promises the party had made in its election manifestos.

Opposition leaders belonging to the party are expected to brief the leadership about their action-plan “to highlight failures” of the ruling parties in their states, a party source said. The central leadership may also brief the chief ministers and opposition leaders about the amendments proposed by the party to the Goods and Services Tax Bill.

Apart from these, the meeting will frame an action plan for a nation-wide agitation against the Modi government’s “failures” on various fronts, including failure to reboot the economy, curb inflation and create promised jobs, the source said. The meeting will firm up an action plan for “highlighting Congress victory” in forcing the Centre to reverse its proposed “anti-farmer” amendments to the Land Acquisition Bill and counter Centre’s “false propaganda on the 13 notifications” it issued on the Land Bill.

Congress CMs from Northeastern states are expected to present their perspective on the recently announced Naga peace pact.

The meeting is happening a day ahead of the Congress Working Committee meeting which, among other things, is expected to extend the tenure of the Congress president till the next AICC session and prolong the time-frame for the party’s organisational elections.