INDIA Bloc allies strive to strike big in state elections
INDIA bloc allies are working to consolidate gains by scoring impressively in the upcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana.
Gauging that the electoral outcome in these three states headed for polls in September-October could have political implications even beyond them, Congress and its allies are working on strategies to get a head start besides firming up their internal unity.
This even as opposition camps are expecting and preparing for the much-awaited elections in Jammu and Kashmir around the same time.
In Jharkhand
The ruling JMM-Congress-RJD-CPI(ML) coalition chose to end all doubts about its poll-time leadership issue by collectively re-installing JMM chief Hemant Soren as the chief minister after his bail from jail — the coalition is working out details of launching pre-poll public outreach and a blitzkrieg to hard-sell the state government's major policy initiatives, including its welfare schemes for the politically significant social segments, opposition leaders said.
While Soren is slated to lead this public outreach that will include distribution of appointment letters to youth in various state departments and meetings to highlight how every woman above the age of 21 from BPL category has been made eligible for monthly monetary aid from the state government, the state cabinet is also expected to come out with some fresh measures for the welfare of the tribal and minority communities, they said.
The state Congress leadership, in coordination with the AICC, has decided to launch
