Gujarat: Top brasses of the Congress party are in PM Narendra Modi’s home turf-Gujarat to hold the party’s high profile strategy meeting on Tuesday, March 12.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body is all set to kick-start its campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Ahmedabad. It is after after a gap of 58 years, that Gujarat is going to host a meeting of the CWC.

 

Congress General Secretary and star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address the CWC for the very first time. It may be recalled that the Election Commission announced the Lok Sabha polls only two days ago.

AICC Chief Rahul Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and all senior party leaders will be at the meeting, which was postponed after the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 and the air strikes by India across the Line of Control on a terror camp in Balakot.

“It is being held to commemorate the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi beginning a new chapter in India’s Independence struggle by launching the ‘Salt Satyagraha’ to Dandi on March 12, 1930,” Congress’ state in-charge Rajeev Satav told reporters on Monday, adding that walking in the footsteps of the Mahatma, the Congress will launch a new Independence movement to save democracy.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who shot to fame by spearheading a quota stir in Gujarat is set join the Congress in the presence of Rahul Gandhi today.