Congress goes to Rajasthan for 3-day "Chintan Shivir"
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New Delhi: More than 400 delegates of the Grand Old Party will sit around first time in years on Friday afternoon for a three-day brainstorming session of 'Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir' in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
The delegation, made up 50 per cent by youths from across the nation, would discuss several issues in six groups.
Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi arrived here on Friday and the party chief Sonia Gandhi will address the gathering at 3 pm.
Chintan Shivir will focus on rejuvenating the party as well as discussing ways to combat "politics of polarization", before readying itself for the upcoming polls.
At the last day, ideas discussed would be placed before the CWC meeting in the form of a draft declaration.
The agenda to be discussed at the conclave, according to India Today, among others includes ways to strengthen and revive the Congress.
Sonia Gandhi and other top leaders would participate the brainstorming session.
Chintan Shivir will draw up a blueprint for the structural changes in the party. The party will implement time-bound 'the Udaipur declaration' alongside preparing itself for 2024 Lok Sabha polls, according to the report.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi earlier reportedly said at a CWC meet that "The Chintan Shivir" would herald a restructured organisation to meet the challenges the party confronts.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the conclave would not draft a manifesto but draw up an action plan to revive the Congress, alongside dealing with political, economic and social challenges.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the Chintan Shivir would be not a normal one, because the party would make a new ' Sankalp' to reach out to the people.
The party following the meeting would declare its ambitious idea of ' one family, one ticket formula'.
The six committees constituted by Sonia Gandhi would each prepare papers on various issues, which the delegation would discuss at length, according to a report.
The party's failures in polls form the backdrop to the three-day meet, just as dissidents are becoming more vocal against the leadership.