BHOPAL: Former chief minister and state Congress president on Tuesday called a meeting of party district presidents and in-charges of party affairs and instructed them to start preparations for assembly elections 2023.
Briefing the media after the meeting, Kamal Nath’s press convener Narendra Saluja said that Nath had instructed his party office-bearers to start contacting voters at the block levels with a “Ghar Chalo, Ghar Ghar Chalo” campaign.
“Our party president said there are only 18 month left until the next assembly elections and the party should start its preparations day and night,” Saluja said. “Today, former chief minister Kamal Nath blew the bugle for Mission 2023 and our target is to return to power in the state,” he said.
State Congress leaders said that Tuesday’s meeting planned the party’s Ghar Chalo, Ghar Ghar Chalo campaign which will be launched on February 1. “For the next 28 days, Congress workers led by MLAs, former MLAs, district presidents and office-bearers will go on a mass contact programme.
Congress will walk from door-to-door discussing with voters the failures of the BJP government and the policies of the Congress party. Party workers and leaders will also speak on the former Kamal Nath government’s achievements,” a senior Congress leader said. A massive Congress membership drive will begin.
Target for new membership has also been fixed district-wise by the former chief minister. Saluja explained that at the district level, there will be a coordination committee in which party district presidents, city presidents, former MLAs and MLA will be given decision making authority.
Kamal Nath emphasized on the importance of mandalam booth units reminding that Congress could come to power in 2018 because of these units and focus should be on them in the 2023 elections. Ex speaker NP Prajapati gave a presentation on mandalam booths.
