Bhopal: We need winnable candidates and proximity to any leader, will not be a criterion for getting ticket in election, said state Congress president Kamal Nath, addressing a meeting of district Congress presidents here on Sunday. Kamal Nath said we need to understand the change in political scenario. Kamal Nath said, “We need to select candidate who has the backing of public and the party organisation. If we don’t, then it would be like betrayal of self and people.”
He said block committees can play a significant role in this work. We need to focus on our local organisation, village organisation and the problems at the block level. All India Congress general secretary and state in-charge Deepak Bawaria stressed on maintaining discipline and asked the office bearers to follow the party guidelines. He said that workers should express their concerns to the party office bearers.
Bawaria said the BJP is frustrated as it is losing its public standing. He urged the office bearers to improve their reach with the public. Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh urged the office bearers to work for freeing the state from the BJP and to form the government which is helpful to all the sections of the society, including the farmers. He said the count-down has begun and we need to work on how to hit the target. Singh insisted on working with unity and harmony.
District Congress presidents also expressed their views and opinions in the meeting. AICC secretary Sanjay Kapur, Juber Khan, Sudhanshu Trivedi, state Congress working presidents Ramnivas Rawat, Bala Bachchan, Jitu Patwari, Surendra Chaudhary, organisation in-charge Chandraprabhash Shekhar, media in-charge Manak Agarwal, former minister Sajjan Singh Verma, organisation in-charge Rajiv Singh, treasurer Govind Goyal and media coordinator Narendra Saluja attended the meet.