NEW DELHI: The Congress working committee, the party's top decision-making body, met on Tuesday to discuss and approve the party's manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were present at the meeting. Other senior leaders, including Ambika Soni, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, P Chidambaram, Digvijaya Singh, Ajay Maken, and Kumari Selja, also attended.
The manifesto committee had sent the draft document to the CWC for approval. The CWC will finalise the draft manifesto with five 'guarantees' for justice.
The party is focusing on 'five nyay' (justices) - 'Bhagidari Nyay', 'Kisan Nyay', 'Nari Nyay', 'Shramik Nyay', and 'Yuva Nyay', each with five guarantees.
Congress president Kharge and Rahul Gandhi announced these guarantees. The party's central election committee, led by Kharge, will discuss and finalize candidates for the remaining seats. The party has announced 82 candidates for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls starting on April 19.
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