SHILLONG, Jan 29: As elections beckon Meghalaya and parties up their campaigning game, the State Congress will instead focus on connecting with electorates and not hold big rallies nor will it have star campaigners.
This was informed by a senior party leader on Sunday.
With 80 per cent of its candidates which will be new faces contesting the assembly election for the first time, the Congress will focus on visiting houses of the voters and holding small rallies at community-level to connect with the voters so that they come to know their candidates, Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Vincent H Pala said.
“We will not have star campaigners and there will be no big political rallies. Instead, we will focus and adapt to what is best in the political dynamics of the state. People here prefer to get to know their candidates more than their party affiliation,” Pala said.
The MPCC president said he himself will not be hosting big rallies in the Sutnga-Saipung constituency from where he is contesting the polls.
“I will be attending constituency-based rallies and party meetings convened by party candidates and their supporters,” he said.
Pala recalled the setback the party suffered in 2021 when 12 out of 17 Congress MLAs left the party and joined the Trinamool Congress and how the remaining five who were suspended for their anti-party activities also deserted the party.
He, however, expressed confidence that the traditional Congress voters have not deserted the party.
“The leaders may have left and joined other political parties but the voters have remained with us (Congress). I have feedbacks to believe in this and on March 2 we will see the results,” he said.
Pala expressed confidence that the Congress will win 30-35 seats in the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly in the February 27 election. He said the party has fielded many young and fresh faces as the state need young leaders to lead the state. (PTI)
