By Pradeep Kapoor
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Congress has launched massive outreach program to win over dalit, OBCs and minorities to strengthen the vote bank of the party to face 2027 assembly polls in the state.
The party cadres are enthused by the good performance of the party in 2024 Lok Sabha polls when the Congress won six seats as against earlier one and gained in vote percentage Congress Party lost the other seats below the margin of 50,000 votes.
UP Congress has decided to enlarge the mission of Rahul Gandhi to win over OBCs, dalits and minorities to village level.
That is why UP Congress organised meeting of OBC cell, minority cell and fishermen Congress at Lucknow on quit India day August 9 to launch massive outreach program.
It was decided at the meeting to create awareness on the issues like caste based census, opposition to laws on WAQF properties, increase in the reservation quota beyond 50 percent.
UP Congress decided to launch program on August 9 and continue till September 11. The program has been coincided with the 25th anniversary of the SC ST Atrocity Act of 1989 passed during the regime of PM Rajiv Gandhi.
Under the program, the party leaders will get in touch with various organisations to hold seminars, conferences and street meetings to sensitise the people from state capital to village level and spread the message of social justice, caste based census, increase in reservation beyond 50 percent and opposition to recent laws on Waqf properties. Congress leaders will also collect signatures for caste census.
Significantly, UP Congress also launched earlier programs to win over dalits from Bhagidari Diwas in July to reach out to dalits in the state.. The posters to win over Dalits carry pictures of BR Ambedkar and founder of BSP Kansiram.
Congress will also give important party position to those dalit leaders who had joined from the party BSP.
During last few months, there was massive erosion in BSP when senior leaders and party coordinators quit party to join Samajwadi Party and Congress.
As a part of Rahul Gandhi’s Mission 2027 for UP Assembly elections, the party is gearing up for massive over hauling when leaders from dalit, OBC and minority will be given key positions.
Congress is working not on only to retain old vote bank of brahmin, dalit and minorities but also to win over OBCs as well.
There is a realisation in Congress about the importance of fishermen community having presence in a large number of districts that is why a separate cell has been constituted to win over important section of society.
Congress is making serious attempt to give the impression to various sections of society that with Rahul Gandhi taking active interest in the state affairs, they would be getting proper share in ticket distribution. (IPA Service)