Post-Udaipur declaration, Sonia forms 3 groups to chart road ahead for Congress

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday formed three groups on political affairs for guidance on key issues Task Force2024 to implement the Udaipur Nav Sankalp declaration and evolve the partys strategy for 2024 elections and another to coordinate the October 2 Bharat Jodo YatraWhile Rahul Gandhi and two prominent members of the G23 Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma are part of the political affairs group senior leaders P Chidambaram and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are in the Task Force2024Poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu a former associate of Prashant Kishor is also part of the Task Force2024 that will chalk out the partys future poll strategy and implement the decisions of the Udaipur conclave While Kishor had refused to join the Congress after he was offered to do so Kanugolu became a member of the partyG23 is a group of dissenting Congress leaders who have demanded an organisational overhaul and have been vocal about their demandSonia Gandhi has also set up a group to coordinate the Bharat Jodo Yatra planned from Kanyakumari to Kashmir from Gandhi JayantiFollowing the Udaipur Nav Sankalp Shivir the Congress president has constituted a Political Affairs Group that will be presided over by her a TaskForce2024 and a Central Planning Group for the coordination of the Bharat Jodo Yatra an official communication from the party saidThe Political Affairs Group headed by Sonia Gandhi comprises Rahul Gandhi Mallikarjun Kharge Ghulam Nabi Azad Ambika Soni Digvijaya Singh Anand Sharma K C Venugopal and Jitendra SinghThe members of the Task Force2024 are Chidambaram Mukul Wasnik Jairam Ramesh K C Venugopal Ajay Maken Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Randeep Singh Surjewala and Sunil KanugoluEach member of the task force shall be assigned specific tasks related to organization communications and media outreach finance and election ManagementThey shall have designated teams which will be notified subsequently the statement said adding the Task Force will also follow up on the implementation of the Udaipur Nav Sankalp declarationThe members of the task force also met at the party headquarters and held its first meeting on Tuesday to chalk out its courseThe task force will be the body that will bring about organisational changes as decided at the threeday brainstorming session of the Congress in Rajasthans UdaipurSonia Gandhi in her concluding remarks at Udaipur had mentioned setting up these groups to ensure the implementation of the decisions taken at the Chintan ShivirThe party announced that it will reconnect with the people and provide 50 per cent representations to youth at all levels in the Congress besides also enforcing the onefamilyoneticket formula with some exceptionsThe Central Planning Group for the Coordination of the Bharat Jodo Yatra includes Digvijaya Singh Sachin Pilot Shashi Tharoor Ravneet Singh Bittu K J George Jothi Mani Pradyut Bordoloi Jitu Patwari and Saleem AhmedTharoor is also a member of the G23 and Pilot had revolted against the Congress government in Rajasthan last year which the party managed to salvageAll members of the task force and all heads of the Congress frontal organisations will be ex officio members of the central group the statement saidAn informal meeting of the newly constituted Task Force 2024 was held today at AICC HQ It is our Nav Sankalp to ensure that the rejuvenated spirit of reformed politics takes our nation further on the path to progress Venugopal said on Twitter after the first meeting TuesdayPriyanka Gandhi P Chidambaram Ajay Maken Surjewala Ramesh and Venugopal were among those who attended the first meeting of the groupBriefing reporters after the meeting Surjewala said in pursuance of the Udaipur declaration the Congress president has taken extremely important decisions and has constituted a committee of seniors to advise her on various political issues facing the party and the nationShe has also constituted a Task Force 2024 to look at the various elections as also our preparedness in the run up to the 2024 Parliamentary elections he said adding that she has also constituted a group to look at the various grassroots programs as also how to reach to the last person in the line as also to common people both in cities as also in the villages These are issues that we need to address not only for revival of the Congress party and rebuilding the connect to the grassroots as Rahul Gandhi has said but also to ensure that the politics of hate and division hatred and manufactured agendas that is being propagated by the BJP is countered effectively by the historical responsibility bestowed upon the Indian National Congress by the people as also by our legacy of freedom movement he saidWe have decided we will continue to meet every 72 hours or more and we will prepare a detailed plan on each of the subjects organization finances media communication and strategy grassroot connect election management and other issues that come up for our consideration he saidThis story has been 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