Priyanka Gandhi starts training programme in UP; Grassroots workers upbeat to face assembly poll in 2022

The initiative of AICC general Secretary Priyanka Gandhi to train the party cadre before next assembly polls in 2022 has boosted the morale of party workers. As part of strengthening the party organisation, Priyanka Gandhi directed UPCC president Ajay Kumar Lalloo to inaugurate two-day eastern zonal cadre training programme. Significantly, the two-day training programme took place at Gorakhpur which is the hometown of chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Prior to the training programme, the party completed the selection of party unit at block level.

For the first time under the direction of Priyanka Gandhi, village level committees are being formed in Congress. The booth level committees too are being formed to bring the voters to booth. Priyanka Gandhi is directly monitoring the setting up of these committees and her team has mobile numbers of members who are receiving direction from top leadership.

The two-day cadre training programme was attended by as many as 155 block committee presidents from eastern UP Zone. The training programme was attended by block committee president's from Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Deoria, Kushinagar, Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, Sant Kabir Nagar, Basti, Varanasi and Gorakhpur districts.

The main emphasis of training was ideology, organisation, social media and political issues. Experts from UP and other parts of country were engaged to train Congress leaders. While inaugurating the two-day training programme, State Congress President said that it was the beginning and later on entire state would be covered to strengthen the party organisation to face the assembly elections for better performance.

AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi also addressed the training session through mobile phone and said that block unit was the main pillar of the party organisation which will strengthen the party for next assembly polls. Priyanka said that next election would be contested on the basis of ideology. She further alleged that central government was safeguarding the interest of big business houses and was against farmers.

Congress leaders feel that micro level planning of Priyanka Gandhi to set up booth level committee and appointing block president's and involving them in training programme, would certainly help party in assembly polls in 2022.

(IPA Service)