New Delhi, Sep 13 (UNI) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday called on chief ministers and PCC chiefs of Congress ruled states to provide an alternative governance model which, together with the National agitational endeavour of the party, was the most effective way to defeat the anti-people governance of the BJP at the Centre and in various states.

At a meeting held by her with the chief ministers of Congress ruled states, the PCC chief and general secretary incharges of these states, Mrs Gandhi emphasized that providing of an alternate governance model by these states, which is people centric and inclusive, coupled with the national agitational endeavor of the Party, were the most effective ways to deal with and defeat the anti-people governments of the BJP.

At the meeting, also attended by former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, senior leader A K Antony, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal and AICC treasurer Ahmed Patel, It was felt that in the prevailing dire socio-economic and political crisis in the country, perpetrated single handedly by the BJP Governments at the Centre and in various States, the States ruled by the Congress Party are not only the standing safe sanctuaries of Democracy, people centric governance and economic remonitization, but also the strongest bulwark against the BJP.

Mrs Gandhi emphasized on the need to put in place an effective systems for monitoring and implementation of the key manifesto commitments that the Congress Party had made in the run up to the Assembly Elections.

In this regard, the concrete and outstanding achievements of the respective State Governments, even in face of constant destabilizing efforts on part of the BJP, were enumerated and discussed.

The details of systems put into place to ensure effective coordination between the party organizations and the governments in these states were also discussed, so as to ensure that working in tandem, all the programs of the Government and commitment of the party could to taken seamlessly to the people.

It was pointed out that apart from the constant diabolic game of destabilization that the BJP plays, its Government at the Centre also leaves no stones unturned to create roadblocks in the implementation of Central Schemes and Programs by the Congress ruled states. The need of an effective strategy to deal with this problem that includes exposing the BJP in front of the people was underlined.

The various steps that the Congress State governments had undertaken or could take to mitigate the disastrous impact of the current economic slowdown were also discussed and the need to act on them with urgency was felt.

Congress President also asked the respective State governments to assign duties on regular basis to ministers on roster basis to sit in PCC Offices to address public grievance.


Congress President’s meetings with CMs have taken place earlier also and it was felt that such review meetings should be held more frequently.
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