Priyanka Gandhi in Raebareli urges workers to strengthen Congress

Raebareli , 4 April, 2013: Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid a one-day visit to Raebareli, the parliament constituency of her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi and interacted with the newly appointed nyaya and block panchayat presidents on Thursday.

Priyanka  had  visited the constituency last month also. In March this year, she was in the district for a day to kick off a special training session of nyaya panchayats and block pramukhs in Raebareli.  The exercise was intended to train the new recruits of the constituency in the ideology and history of the Congress. Roping in most of the senior Congress leaders in UP, the process also involved spreading the word about the UPA II's flagship programmes that are being implemented in the state.

Priyanka Gandhi, who had also attended the first-day of the two-week training camp at Bhuvemau guest house, , asked the Congress workers to mingle aggressively, address people's concerns and strengthen the party at the grassroots. On Thursday, concluding the training programme, Priyanka Gandhi repeated her message to the Congress workers  urging them that they must be ready for steer the party to a resounding win during the next elections. Congress sources says that the party leadership may undertake similar training sessions in other parliamentary and assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.  

Priyanka Gandhi also met the district in-charges of various front organisations and reviewed their work. Besides motivating those performing well to continue the good work, she warned the underperformers to improve their working.

Similarly in the meeting with District Congress Committee members, Priyanka Gandhi asked them to chalk out a strategy to further strengthen the party base in six months and said future responsibilities would be assigned to them after reviewing their performances.