Kharge Rahul meet Congress leaders from U'khand discuss ways to strengthen party in state

New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met party leaders from Uttarakhand on Thursday and discussed ways and means to strengthen the organisation at the grassroots level.
    Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal was also present at the meeting, which was held at the new AICC headquarters, Indira Bhavan, here.
    Sources said Gandhi and Kharge called upon the Uttarakhand leaders to put up a united fight to ensure an electoral victory against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state and help strengthen the organisation by reaching out to the masses.
    All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in-charge for Uttarakhand Kumari Selja said an important meeting was held with senior party leaders from the hill state under the chairmanship of Kharge, Gandhi and Venugopal.
    "There was a detailed discussion on the party's victory in the recent bypolls, encouraging performance in the local body elections and making the organisation more strong and active in the state," Selja told reporters after the meeting.
    "The senior leaders raised their issues and shared their views about the party's situation in the state. They also suggested ways to strengthen the party at the grassroots level," she said.
    Venugopal shared pictures from the deliberations on X and said, "Attended the meeting with senior leaders from Uttarakhand Congress, under INC President Sh. Mallikarjun Kharge ji and LOP Sh. Rahul Gandhi ji's leadership at Indira Bhavan, New Delhi today."
    Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat, state Congress chief Karan Mahara and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader in the state Yashpal Arya were also present at the meeting.

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