Agencies, New Delhi

The Congress working committee, the highest decision making body of the Congress, is meeting on Monday to finalise the party manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections and to discuss the progress on alliances by the Congress in various states.

Sources said the CWC, chaired by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, is being attended by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior leaders of the Congress party Ahmed Patel, A K Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad, P Chidambaram, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni and Anand Sharma.

AICC General secretary incharge for Uttar Pradesh east, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also be present at the meeting along with AICC General secretary incharge for Uttar Pradesh west, Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Sources said that in its Monday meeting, CWC will also discuss the party manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, which will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, and give a final shape to it.

The party manifesto for the Lok Sabha election is being prepared by a committee headed by senior leader P Chidambaram.

The Congress has involved people from different sections of the society and held several rounds of consultations with them across the country to include their views in the manifesto.

Also, on the agenda of the CWC is a discussion on the progress on alliances by the Congress in various states.

Sources said the meeting of the CWC will draw out a strategy of the party after its failure to forge alliances in the crucial states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

Monday’s meeting of the CWC comes a fortnight after the meeting in Ahmedabad on March 12.