GUWAHATI, Jan 19: Three special observers appointed by the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) for election management in Assam will hold a series of key meetings across six locations of the state from January 21, in a bid to strengthen the party’s organisational structure and fine-tune its strategy for the upcoming Assembly elections.
The observers include Karnataka deputy chief minister D.K. Shivakumar, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and senior party leader Bandhu Tirkey, who will arrive in the state on Tuesday.
In this regard, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has issued a directive to organise zonal party conventions for district Congress committees, block Congress committees, mandal Congress committees and booth committees.
The zonal conventions will be held as per the instructions of AICC general secretary and Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh and APCC president Gaurav Gogoi.
According to the directive, the zonal conventions will be organised in phases at different locations across the state from January 21 to January 28.
On January 21, a zonal convention will be held at Howraghat covering the districts of East Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, Hojai and Nagaon.
On January 22, a zonal convention will be organised at Moran for Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Golaghat and Jorhat districts.
On January 23, a zonal convention will be held at Bihpuria covering Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath and Majuli districts.
On January 24, a zonal convention will take place at Kamalpur for Kamrup (Rural), Kamrup (Metro), Nalbari, Darrang, Udalguri, Sonitpur and Tamulpur districts.
Thereafter, a zonal convention will be organised at Bongaigaon on January 27, covering Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Mankachar, Bajali, Kokrajhar, Chirang and Baksa districts.
Finally, on January 28, a zonal convention will be held at Katigorah, covering Silchar, Sribhumi (Karimganj) and Hailakandi districts.
Several senior leaders of the AICC and APCC are expected to be present at these zonal party conventions.
Through the directive, the APCC has appealed to all district, block and mandal-level presidents, office-bearers and party workers to ensure full participation and active cooperation in making the conventions successful.
