Rahul’s focus to woo tribal voters in State

--Focus 2014 poll--

BHUBANESWAR: All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice-president Rahul Gandhi while discussing with the MPs of Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand at the Parliamentary party office in New Delhi on Thursday advised the latter to concentrate on the tribal issues to woo the voters. During his one and a half hour brainstorming session with the MPs, the Gandhi scion emphasised on the tribal voters to revive their faith on the party.

Rajya Sabha member Ram Chandra Khuntia said the meeting was a routine work of the party regarding the strengthening of party for the coming 2014 general election. Rahul stressed on proper delivery of Government facilities and programmes for the welfare of the tribals, he added.

Sundergarh Congress MP Hemananda Biswal said that their vice president talked about the core issues of the tribals related to much-discussed land disputes. A two-member committee from each State would submit a ground report on the tribal issue to Rahul and then he would prepare the agenda, Biswal added.

Rahul called upon the MPs to reach out to the tribals leaders and to sensitise them about various programmes, schemes and plans for the welfare of the community is needed in this point time before the coming election. He also set his goal for the organisational development in the party.

Recently, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Union Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo had visited Sunabeda, Kalahandi and Niyamgiri like tribal areas to announce their plans and programmes for the development of the area which shows the ‘focus tribal’ policy of the Congress before the upcoming general election.