Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other congress leaders were present at the meeting

The meeting was held at AICC headquarters in Delhi

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who headed the manifesto committee, said earlier the draft report will be presented to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and will be discussed by the Congress Working Committee

Welcoming the members, Kharge said a committee had been set up under the chairmanship of Chidambaram Ji to prepare the draft Manifesto

The Committee successfully ensured public participation in this exercise, rather than merely confining it to an academic one. It held extensive consultations in different parts of the country and submitted a draft to me on March 6th, 2024, Kharge said

He said that suggestions and comments were also solicited through an online website which was rightly called "Awaaz Bharat Ki"

"Whatever has been promised in manifesto, will be strictly implemented. Before making promises in the Manifesto, in-depth deliberation has been made to ensure that these promises are implementable," he said

He said it is because of this very fact that right from 1926, the Congress Party`s Manifesto has been regarded as a "document of trust and commitment"

Kharge recalled after independence, the Congress party`s first manifesto was released under the leadership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru which was famously called "What Congress stands for"

Speaking on the recently concluded Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, he said, "Mumbai is an important place for us because our party was formed here. The freedom movement got its final fillip with the Quit India movement in 1942"