Sharmila meets Kharge, discusses plans to strengthen party in Andhra Pradesh
The Hindu
Sharmila meets Kharge, discusses plans to strengthen party in Andhra Pradesh. In a post on ‘X’, the APCC chief said the leadership promised full support to the party in becoming people’s voice in the State.
After meeting party’s senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi at their residence in New Delhi on June 17 (Monday), Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila said “a very constructive discussion was held on future plans and the party’s next course of action.”
Taking to the social media platform ‘X’, Ms. Sharmila said that the Congress party would regain its lost glory in the State and strengthen itself into a formidable force in the days to come.
On June 18 (Tuesday), she met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal in New Delhi, and apprised them of the roadmap and about her plans to strengthen the party in Andhra Pradesh.
“They assured us of their full support and expressed the confidence that very soon the party will assume greater strength and significance, and will become people’s voice in Andhra Pradesh,” she said.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists