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TMI BlogPunjab Congress leaders call for micro-management, strengthening organisation at grassrootsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Punjab Congress leaders call for micro-management, strengthening organisation at grassroots X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... charge of party affairs in Punjab, said there was an exodus in AAP in the state and added its boat was about to sink. "There is an exodus in AAP and the boat is about to sink. When it will sink, I don't know," Baghel told reporters after the meeting. A meeting of the party's Punjab political affairs committee was held at the new AICC headquarters where several leaders, including Congress Legisla ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ture Party leader Pratap Bajwa and Pradesh Congress Committee chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring spoke freely. "We discussed ways to strengthen the organisation at the grassroots level, according to the AICC's directions. The Congress is very strong in Punjab but there is need for micro-management. We gave a message of making the party strong and everyone spoke freely," Baghel said. In the next ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... meeting, the state unit will prepare its agenda against the Punjab government that will be taken to the booth level, he added. He further said there would be a training programme for party leaders and booth committees would be formed. "We will be fighting for issues related to farmers, youngsters, women, Dalits, and drugs-related matters," he said. "We will prepare an agenda on Punjab's issues ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and against the government. We will go up to the booth level and prepare a proper agenda... Booth-level committees will also be formed and hold a training programme for our workers," he added. Former Pradesh Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu did not attend the meeting despite being invited. Baghel also dismissed as rumours talks of an internal report submitted to the Congress president ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on the party's Punjab affairs. "This is a total rumour and has no truth in such things," he asserted. On Enforcement Direcrorate (ED) raids against him in Chhattisgarh, Baghel said, "The BJP always uses central agencies as tools against the opposition." "First, it conducted raids in Jharkhand and then in Chhattisgarh. Whenever I went to Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, the Ce ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ntre used the ED, DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) and they conducted raids. Now, when I have taken over Punjab's affairs, they again conducted raids. We do not fear these raids. The maximum raids were conducted in a small state like Chhattisgarh," the former Chhattisgarh chief minister said. Noting that the Congress was like a family and everyone worked unitedly, he said the leaders fro ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... m Punjab would meet on March 18 and again later this month. Another meeting will be held in April to help strengthen the organisation and sharpen the attack on the AAP government. Baghel also hit out at the AAP government for holding a short budget session from March 21 to 28, saying, "This shows that AAP does not believe in democracy." The budget session is never held for seven to eight days, h ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e said, asking when everything would be discussed. "But it (AAP government) is not giving an opportunity to the MLAs to ask questions." "It is not giving an opportunity for any discussion in the assembly...," Baghel said. PTI SKC SKC SZM SZM X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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