MYSURU: Amid the ongoing churn in the political cauldron of Karnataka, ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka scheduled next year, the Mysuru District Congress Committee, along with the Mysuru City Congress, on Thursday held a Chintan Shivir, the primary objective of which is to help win all the 11 assembly seats in the district. In the 2013 assembly elections, Congress owed its triumph in considerable part to its impressive performance in the Old Mysore region, and Mysuru district, in particular. However, in the 2018 polls, the party ceded much ground in Mysuru to the BJP and JD(S), and now appears intent on reclaiming the same.
The Nava Sankalp Chintan Shivir, held at Varkod on the outskirts of Mysuru city, was flagged off by former chief minister Siddaramaiah, local leaders were assigned specific responsibilities ahead of the polls. The participants conducted a ‘Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)’ analysis as well. The local leaders were exhorted to impress on the people the many initiatives that the party rolled out for the welfare of people when the Congress was at the helm of affairs.
