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    Congress to launch Telangana campaign with five guarantees

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    "The Congress president has decided to convene the first meeting of the newly-constituted CWC on September 16 in Hyderabad. On September 17 evening, we are holding a massive rally near Hyderabad. The Congress president, former Congress presidents and all other senior leaders of the party will attend this mega rally in Hyderabad. At that rally, we will launch five guarantees for the upcoming assembly elections for Telangana", AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal announced here.

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    Venugopal said the Congress will observe September 7 as the first anniversary of the launch of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra last year.
    The Congress will have a high-profile launch of its election campaign for Telangana assembly polls at a mega rally in Hyderabad on September 17 where the party will promise "five guarantees", broadly on the lines of the pre-poll welfare schemes it had promised in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, and will also roll-out a "charge-sheet" against the BRS government. To set the atmospherics, the first meeting of the new Congress Working Committee (CWC) will be held at Telangana's capital, Hyderabad, on September 16. Telangana will go to polls this year-end.

    "The Congress president has decided to convene the first meeting of the newly-constituted CWC on September 16 in Hyderabad. On September 17 evening, we are holding a massive rally near Hyderabad. The Congress president, former Congress presidents and all other senior leaders of the party will attend this mega rally in Hyderabad. At that rally, we will launch five guarantees for the upcoming assembly elections for Telangana", AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal announced here.

    September 17 is the anniversary of the 1947 annexation of the Hyderabad state into India and Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao had started observing that day as National Integration Day. The CWC meeting and rally are expected to showcase the Congress leadership's and the UPA regime's role in creating Telangana state and could highlight the role of Sardar Patel in the annexation of the Hyderabad state into India. The late YS Rajasekhara Reddy's daughter Sharmila may formally join Congress at this rally.

    Venugopal said the Congress will observe September 7 as the first anniversary of the launch of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra last year. Party leaders and workers will carry out a symbolic one-hour 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in 722 districts of India. Gandhi will not be participating in the programme as he is scheduled to be away on a foreign trip.



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    ( Originally published on Sep 04, 2023 )

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