The Congress, which is preparing for the elections in Haryana, will now pay special attention to the urban voters. Many leaders raised the issue of linking the townspeople with the party in the high-level meeting of the Congress held in New Delhi on Monday. The meeting, chaired by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and in the presence of Rahul Gandhi, was called for preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
In the meeting, while many leaders praised the work done in the state during the tenure of former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, some even said that the next election should be fought under the leadership of Hooda. Many leaders also raised the issue that the stairs of power cannot be reached by a particular caste and class. It is said that many leaders also discussed castes in the meeting and said that now the party will have to work hard to connect these castes with them. It was also said that the atmosphere in the state is in favor of the Congress and there is anger among the people towards the ruling BJP.
Now if there is collective work then better results can come. Perhaps, the Congress veterans were already aware of this. That’s why leaders of most of the castes were also invited in the meeting held on Monday. Leaders of most of the castes including Jat, Brahmin, Punjabi, Vaish, Gurjar, Ahir and Scheduled Castes got a chance to participate in the meeting. Leaders of most sections, including Sikhs and Muslims, must have been called in the meeting so that this message could be given in the state that the Congress is taking along the people of 36 communities.
Sources say that in the meeting National General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said, Vaishya, Punjabi, Brahmin, Gurjar, Rajput and Road etc. fraternities were with the Congress earlier. Work will have to be done to bring these castes together again. Similarly, former speaker Ashok Arora said that the party will have to work to woo the urban voters. After coming together with the voters of the cities, the path of the Congress will become much easier. Former Speaker Kuldeep Sharma insisted on associating the Brahmin vote bank.
Former Deputy CM Chandramohan Bishnoi said, in 2005 when Ch. Bhajanlal was the state president of Congress, then Rao Indrajit Singh, Ch. Most of the leaders including Birendra Singh, Omprakash Jindal, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Kumari Selja had a collective leadership. Due to this, Congress won 67 seats. This time also we have to work with collective leadership only then the party will benefit. Rohtak MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra also stressed on working for the urban voters.