Rahul’s 2-day Punjab visit from October 10
Thursday, 27/09/2012
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Chandigarh : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Punjab on October 10 and 1. He will interact with party leaders at Amritsar, Jalandhar and Patiala.This will be his first visit to Punjab after the party’s debacle in the assembly elections.
Sources said Rahul is keen on a first-hand feedback on the reasons for the party’s defeat. He also wants to gauge the mood of party workers.
Youth Congress leaders are reportedly demanding a share in the allocation of the party ticket as had been done during the last elections. Among the claimants is former minister Gurchet Bhullar’s son Sukhpal Bhullar from the Khadur Sahib constituency. Announcing the visit today, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh said during his visit to the three cities, Rahul would interacte with a cross-section of people, including party workers, office-bearers, Members of Parliament, legislators and those who had unsuccessfully contested the assembly and parliamentary elections in 2009 and 2012, respectively.
The Pradesh Congress president said ahead of the Congress general secretary’s visit, he had constituted a state-level committee that would be headed by him. He had also set up three separate committees for Amritsar, Jalandhar and Patiala headed by senior leaders Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Choudhary Jagjit Singh and Laal Singh, respectively.
