Congress begins stock-taking exercise

For the next four days, the State Congress leadership will be busy sorting out issues faced by partymen at the district level.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President G Parameshwara, along with CLP leader Siddaramaiah, Leader of the Opposition in the Council S R Patil and All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary Shantharam Naik, held first such meeting with leaders from seven districts in Bangalore on Friday.

MLAs, MLCs, district Congress committee presidents, and former legislators from Gadag, Hubli-Dharwad, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Haveri and Belgaum Rural districts were involved in day-long discussions with the leaders.

The meetings are aimed at identifying problems in each district, ironing out problems and drawing up strategies to face the next Assembly elections.

Selection of candidates

The meeting will also help the party identify suitable candidates for the elections. The
district committees have been asked to submit a list of two or three candidates based on
merit.

The leaders will also draw up a list of former legislators of Opposition parties who are likely to join Congress party.

On Friday, it was also decided that the party would organise women, youth, farmers, students, and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes conventions in the coming days.

Mysore division

On Saturday, leaders of districts under Mysore division– Mandya, Mysore, Hassan, Mysore Rural, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu will participate in the meeting.

Karnataka in-charge and AICC general secretary Madhusudan Mistry, who flew down to Bangalore on Friday evening, too will be present in the meetings.