Rahul meets 4 senior Cong leaders in New Delhi

BHUBANESWAR: All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice-president Rahul Gandhi met senior Congress leaders in New Delhi on Monday in order to strengthen the party base in the State. The Gandhi scion discussed about the organisational status of the party and suggested the leaders to speed up of the party activities in the State.

The Rahul’s meeting with four heavyweights of State Congress Union Minister Srikant Jena, MP Bhakta Chran Das, former PCC president Jaydeb Jena and senior Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, created rumour in the political level about change in leadership of Pradesh Congress Committee.

Rahul has called MP Pradeep Majhi to meet him on Tuesday to discus at length about the party situation. The continuous routine discussion with the senior Congress leaders is giving a sign of leadership change, said a political analyst.

But the State leaders deny the rumour and cleared that the meeting was totally based on strengthening of party in the State. “Rahul was discussing about the strengthening of the party and to speed up of the party work to prepare for the coming election. The meeting was purely based on party matter,” said Jena.