U.P. Cong. revamp soon

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI MAY 25. The process of setting up the Congress party's organisation Uttar Pradesh is likely to be set in motion in the next few days. The seven-member special committee on Uttar Pradesh set up by the party president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, today decided to complete the reorganisation process in the State by the end of the week.

The U.P. committee comprising the Chief Ministers, Mr. Digvijay singh and Ms. Sheila Dixit, Mr. Prem Singh, Mr. Balram Jhakhar, Mr. Furqan Ansari, Mr. D.P.Yadav, met at the AICC headquarters this afternoon. Also present at the meeting were the general secretary in-charge of the State, Mr. Ghulamnabi Azad, the AICC treasurer, Mr. Moti Lal Vora and the CWC member, Mr. Oscar Fernandes and the UPCC chief, Mr. S.P. Jaiswal.

Set up with the purpose of drawing up guidelines and fine tuning the party's strategy for U.P. which is expected to go to the polls this year or early next year, the committee was reportedly of the view that the first task before the body was to put in shape the party organisation . Both Mr. Azad and Mr. Jaiswal are likely to finish the exercise of reconstituting the PCC executive as well as appointing the district presidents and the district committees by the end of next week.

The Congress president is very concerned about the state of affairs and her attention is focussed on revitalising the party in the State. The party leadership is aware that recent victories will count for nothing in the ultimate analysis at the Centre until the party's fortunes pick up in the State. Ms. Sonia Gandhi has been holding extensive discussions with leaders and party workers from the State as well as outside in order to put in place a strategy for the party in the State.

Though most of the ideas are still in the drawing board stage, it is clear that the first task that she has set before the general secretary in-charge and Mr. S.P.Jaiswal is to put the organisation in place. The two leaders have also been told to keep the executive lean and to ensure that the social and regional imbalances are also taken care of.

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