Leaders of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) on Monday called upon the party cadre to put in the hard yards and undertake field work, and reach out to people to ensure that the party grows in the State.
Kicking off a two-day meeting near Mamallapuram to deliberate on the proposals made during the ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Udaipur, TNCC president K.S. Alagiri asked the 250-odd participants to deliberate on topics identified by the party, ask questions and come up with suggestions, which could then be shared with its high command and put into practice.
“We [secular progressive alliance] won the last Lok Sabha polls [in T.N.] only because of our hard work. It was also because of the secular nature of the alliance and the field was against communal forces. We had a progressive alliance, Stalin and Rahul Gandhi, and that gave us such a big victory,” he said. “So be very steadfast in our ideology. You should be ready to work on the field. Just take a single vow that you want the Congress flag to fly high, that you want to win in your street. We will be able to win only if you go to the field,” Mr. Alagiri said.
