From Our Correspondent
Agartala: Deeply concerned over the party affairs in Left ruled Tripura, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday asked party MLAs and senior leaders to work together to make a stunning comeback in the ensuing Assembly elections.
Soon after the party’s defeat in the Nalchar byelection, Congress president summoned all the MLAs and two senior leaders Samir Ranjan Barman and Ratan Chakraborty to have a brain storming session on the functioning of organization in Tripura.
MLAs and two senior leaders individually briefed Ms Gandhi about the latest organizational status of the party in the state where Marxist parties are in power for 19 years.
While some MLAs viewed change of guard in the PCC and CLP, a section of party legislators and leaders stressed on unity for strengthening the organization.
On the Nalchar debacle, one legislator even said that it would be tough for the party to bag five seats in the next Assembly election if strategy and attitude of some leaders are not changed immediately.
Ms Gandhi accompanied by Ahmed Patel, political advisor to Congress president gave a patience hearing over the views of the party MLAs and two senior leaders.
In reply, Congress president exhorted party legislators and leaders to work unitedly sidelining all differences to lead the party towards victory in the next Assembly elections.
Assuring that the AICC would five full-scale support to the PCC to take on the CPM led Left Front in the coming elections, Ms Gandhi also told party leaders to win the hearts of people by lending helping hand to them.
“Time has come to reach out to the doorstep of people to gain their confidence. The AICC will render all possible help to the PCC,” she said.
The meeting assumes significance keeping in mind of the election debacle in the Nalchar byelecction.
However, Congress high command did not pass any indication of effecting immediate change in the PCC as well as CLP.
According to political analysts, she might take some steps to put the things in right direction to defuse the resentment among party leaders.