Cong launches 2nd phase
of campaign to build party

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Congress has urged women party workers to apply for the posts of block and district presidents independently of the Mahila Congress as it launched the second phase of its Sanghatan Srujan Abhiyan in Bengaluru South district on Wednesday.The campaign is aimed at strengthening grassroots organisation ahead of the 2028 Assembly elections and upcoming local body polls.KPCC general secretary M Rajkumar said AICC had emphasised women’s participation in organisational leadership and encouraged them to seek these positions on their own merit.Karnataka | NDA alleges govt officials canvassing for Congress MLC candidate PuttannaThe first phase of the campaign was launched in Karnataka on July 24 under the leadership of KPCC president B K Hariprasad, CM D K Shivakumar, former chief minister Siddaramaiah and national leaders, Rajkumar said.“We replaced district-level presidents who had held their positions for long and assigned the responsibilities to other party workers. Party workers aspiring to become block presidents can apply now as the existing office-bearers will be under review,” he said.Former MLA Poornima Srinivas said the party would hold meetings with block-level workers without the presence of district presidents to ensure that the selection was not influenced by the existing office-bearers.

Source: Deccan Herald