*DCC heads backbone of party: Rahul
Gopal Sharma
JAMMU, Apr 4: All India Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today said that district units of the party are very important pillars and they will be strengthened throughout the country.
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Addressing a joint meeting of the district presidents of several States including UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and UTs of J&K and Ladakh at party headquarters Delhi today, the AICC chief said that Congress has decided to strengthen district units and provide some additional powers to their heads to further strengthen the party at Block, Mandal, Ward/Panchayat Halqa and booth level.
He said that district heads of the party are the important pillar of the party and they know every person and party functionary more closely at the Mandal/ Block and Panchayat level. It is important to have their advice/consent while providing mandate for the elections at Assembly or Local bodies level to a candidate. Kharge also asked the DCC heads specially from the J&K to gear up their activities in view of the coming Local Bodies/Panchayat elections.
LOP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi while terming the District Congress heads as backbone of the party said that they will enjoy some additional powers in future and they will have to play a crucial role for the selection of a candidate for the elections. He said earlier only State level committees used to have the major role in this exercise. Gandhi asked the DCC heads to strengthen their units for the betterment of the party.
From Jammu and Kashmir, out of the 21 DCC presidents, hardly 13 participated. JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra was leading the J&K delegation. CLP leader in J&K Legislature and AICC general secretary I/C West Bengal GA Mir also attended the meeting besides others.
Dr Naseer Hussain, AICC general secretary and Incharge J&K affairs of the party was also present. DCC Rajouri president Shabir Khan, and another DCC president from Kashmir spoke during the meeting and provided feedback from their respective districts to the top leadership.
AICC general secretary (Org) K C Venugopal besides several other top leaders also attended the crucial Congress meeting.
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