Source: Hueiyen News Service
Guwahati, November 29 2009:
The ruling Congress party in Assam Sunday created a history of sorts by holding more than 18,500 meetings across the state as it kicked off its campaign for the 2011 state assembly elections, in which the party hopes to score a hat-trick.
A Congress party spokesperson said a total of 18,828 public meetings were held across the state Sunday aimed at reaching the grassroots workers ahead of the 2011 assembly elections.
'We know we are going to win the elections for the third time, but then we thought of involving our grassroots workers to ensure that all of them work together for the overall development of the state,' Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told journalists after attending one of the meetings in his home constituency of Jorhat in eastern Assam.
The idea to hold grassroots level meetings in block Congress booths was aimed at reaching the party workers and supporters to spread the message of the ruling government's schemes and projects undertaken during its tenure since 2001 .
'We have created history, a record of sorts, by holding 18,828 meetings in a single day.
The meetings were highly successful with the supporters and workers greatly enthused,' Congress party spokesperson Haren Das said.
Assam Congress party president Bhubaneswar Kalita said the party is ready to hold elections even if it is held at an early date.