CWC meeting in Hyderabad on Sept 16; party will hold rally to announce ‘five guarantees’ for Telangana on Sept 17

The Congress Working Committee will meet in Hyderabad on Sept 16-17 to discuss the party's strategy for upcoming elections. AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal will arrive to decide the venue and other arrangements. The meeting will be followed by a rally to announce the 'Five Guarantees' for Telangana and a door-to-door campaign. Congress is confident of internal surveys that project a positive picture for the party.

The first meeting of the newly constituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) will be held in Hyderabad on September 16 in a city hotel that is being identified by the local leadership.

The extended Working Committee meeting will be held on September 17 and it will be attended by all the CWC members, PCC Presidents, CLP leaders and Parliamentary Party office-bearers.

Sources said the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president, A. Revanth Reddy is personally looking into the venue of the meeting. They have already identified four to five hotels within the city that could accommodate 200 members likely to come for the meeting.

A final decision on the venue will be taken by the AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal who is coming to Hyderabad on September 6 evening to discuss the venue and other arrangements to be made.

Party sources ruled out holding the meeting at any resort on the outskirts of the city as the party wants to make it a big affair within the city to catch the attention of the maximum number of people and create the narrative that the party was coming back to power at any cost.

A senior leader told The Hindu on the condition of anonymity that holding such meetings in a resort would be convenient but it wouldn’t get the publicity it deserves with the elections just a few months away.

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