Cong asks MP ministers to meet party workers, resolve people’s problems

BHOPAL: AICC general secretary in charge of state affairs

Deepak Babaria

on Tuesday met ministers of the Kamal Nath government and gave instructions that they should meet party workers without prejudice and bias. With several factions in the state Congress, ministers have been told to treat every party worker with compassion irrespective of his affiliation to one leader or another.


Deepak Babaria met the ministers at the VIP Guest House in the Lal Ghati area on Tuesday. Soon after the cabinet meeting, ministers went one after another to meet the senior leader. The one-on-one closed-door meetings continued from the afternoon to late night hours.

Ministers who met Babaria on Tuesday included

Dr Govind Singh

, Sajjan Singh Verma, Hukum Singh Karada, Jaivardhan Singh, Vijay Laxmi Sadho, Bala Bachchan,

Brijendra Singh Rathod

,

Arif Aqueel

,

Kamleshwar Patel

and Harsh Yadav.

Speaking to reporters Dr Govind Singh said that Babaria asked ministers to work on the manifesto of the party. Ministers have been told that 80% of the manifesto promises should be fulfilled within another year. The AICC general secretary told ministers to visit the districts they have been made in-charge of regularly.

Ministers have also been asked to meet people and resolve their problems. Specifically, Deepak Babaria said that no complaints should come to him about ministers not meeting party workers.
In the morning, Babaria was in the state Congress office and spent more than two hours meeting frontal organization chiefs. “He met the presidents of frontal organisations and office-bearers and guided them on how to take the government’s achievements to the people,” said state PCC media department head Shobha Oza.

Deepak Babaria spoke extensively to party leaders and ministers on the Vachan Patra manifesto promises and its implementation. He also strategized on the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, assembly bypolls and the approaching urban civic polls. Babaria is also looking for good orators who can speak in public meetings on the Congress’ views on issues like Citizenship Act and National

Population Register

(NPR).