Congress to hold press conferences across 21 cities today
In an attempt to reach out to the voters about its party manifesto ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Congress has planned to address press conferences in 21 cities across the country on Thursday. As part of the schedule, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath will locally release the manifesto which was released by Congress President Rahul Gandhi earlier on Tuesday.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will address a press conference in Raipur and Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy in the union territory. Party leader Mohan Prakash will also address a press meet in Varanasi, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will address press conference in Jammu, Sachin Pilot in Jaipur, Anand Sharma in Mumbai, Kapil Sibal in Bengaluru, Sharmishtha Mukherjee in Chennai, Pawan Khera in Kolkata, Rajeev Gowda in Hyderabad, Rajiv Shukla in Lucknow, Rajni Patil in Shimla, Shaktisinh Gohil in Patna, Ajoy Kumar in Ranchi, Manpreet Singh Badal in Guwahati), Meem Afzal in Srinagar, Ashwani Kumar in Jalandhar and Chandigarh, Priyanka Chaturvedi in Bhubaneshwar and Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Delhi.
The press conferences are aimed to reach out to the electorates across the states and highlight the party's thrust to fight the elections on "real issues" of people against "hyper-nationalism" of the BJP.
Rahul Gandhi, through a tweet on Wednesday, had said the manifesto had got an overwhelming response.
"Months of solid work rewarded by an overwhelming response. I'm so proud our people's manifesto accurately reflects the voice of (India). Thank you everyone," he said.
The party will hold more such press conferences in other cities.
