Congress Chintan Shivir Udaipur

One month since the Congress drafted a plan for revamp at the Udaipur Chintan Shivir, the party has begun to walk the talk, though the task of electoral revival remains tedious and challenging.

The Congress on Wednesday said it will hold state-level "shivirs" across the country on June 1 and 2 to communicate the decisions of the "Udaipur Declaration" adopted after a three-day "Chintan Shivir".

Ending her short address to party members on a personal note, Ms Gandhi said she felt like she had spent an evening with her family during the last day of the grand old party's brainstorming session when she got the opportunity to meet them.

The Congress Working Committee has approved the one-man-one post rule with expected rider following its Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan. But the proposal for a Parliamentary Board -- a key demand of rebels -- has been shot down.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said the discussions of the political committee, set up to deliberate key challenges facing the party and the country at the Chintan Shivir here, saw views "passionately debated" with "amicable solutions found".

Sunil Jakhar, former chief of Congress' Punjab unit, quit the party today. Mr Jakhar's resignation comes at a time when the Congress leadership is meeting in Udaipur in a desperate attempt to put its house in order to take on the BJP.

The Congress plans to raise the representation of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and minorities to 50 per cent at all levels of the organisation, the party announced on Saturday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today discussed the party's action plan for the second phase of the mass agitation/contact programme to take on the policies of the government as well as rising inflation and unemployment in the country.

Unlike previous brainstorming sessions, where Congress announced a shift in the policy direction, the party's three-day conclave in Udaipur will focus on a time-bound and action-oriented reform process

Asserting that the state of India's economy is a cause of "extreme concern", senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said taking into account global and domestic developments, it may be necessary to contemplate a reset of economic policies.

The Congress is holding a three-day brainstorming session or Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan's Udaipur in the shadow of poll debacles and dissent in the party which has seen a sharp decline in the last seven years.

With party's internal deliberations often making their way out in public, the Congress has adopted a cautious approach at the Chintan Shivir here with delegates not allowed to carry mobile phones during internal discussions.

The Congress is holding a three-day brainstorming session or Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan's Udaipur today in the shadow of poll debacles and dissent in the party which has seen a sharp decline in the last seven years.

Rahul Gandhi took a train to Rajasthan's Udaipur for the Congress Chintan Shivir in an image-correction exercise after the recent controversy over his Nepal nightclub video.

An age bar for party posts and a "One Family, One Ticket" rule - with a loophole that exempts the Gandhis among others - is on the Congress agenda as it begins a three-day "Chintan Shivir" in Rajasthan's Udaipur today in the shadow of poll debacles.

One month since the Congress drafted a plan for revamp at the Udaipur Chintan Shivir, the party has begun to walk the talk, though the task of electoral revival remains tedious and challenging.

The Congress on Wednesday said it will hold state-level "shivirs" across the country on June 1 and 2 to communicate the decisions of the "Udaipur Declaration" adopted after a three-day "Chintan Shivir".

Ending her short address to party members on a personal note, Ms Gandhi said she felt like she had spent an evening with her family during the last day of the grand old party's brainstorming session when she got the opportunity to meet them.

The Congress Working Committee has approved the one-man-one post rule with expected rider following its Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan. But the proposal for a Parliamentary Board -- a key demand of rebels -- has been shot down.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said the discussions of the political committee, set up to deliberate key challenges facing the party and the country at the Chintan Shivir here, saw views "passionately debated" with "amicable solutions found".

Sunil Jakhar, former chief of Congress' Punjab unit, quit the party today. Mr Jakhar's resignation comes at a time when the Congress leadership is meeting in Udaipur in a desperate attempt to put its house in order to take on the BJP.

The Congress plans to raise the representation of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and minorities to 50 per cent at all levels of the organisation, the party announced on Saturday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today discussed the party's action plan for the second phase of the mass agitation/contact programme to take on the policies of the government as well as rising inflation and unemployment in the country.

Unlike previous brainstorming sessions, where Congress announced a shift in the policy direction, the party's three-day conclave in Udaipur will focus on a time-bound and action-oriented reform process

Asserting that the state of India's economy is a cause of "extreme concern", senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said taking into account global and domestic developments, it may be necessary to contemplate a reset of economic policies.

The Congress is holding a three-day brainstorming session or Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan's Udaipur in the shadow of poll debacles and dissent in the party which has seen a sharp decline in the last seven years.

With party's internal deliberations often making their way out in public, the Congress has adopted a cautious approach at the Chintan Shivir here with delegates not allowed to carry mobile phones during internal discussions.

The Congress is holding a three-day brainstorming session or Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan's Udaipur today in the shadow of poll debacles and dissent in the party which has seen a sharp decline in the last seven years.

Rahul Gandhi took a train to Rajasthan's Udaipur for the Congress Chintan Shivir in an image-correction exercise after the recent controversy over his Nepal nightclub video.

An age bar for party posts and a "One Family, One Ticket" rule - with a loophole that exempts the Gandhis among others - is on the Congress agenda as it begins a three-day "Chintan Shivir" in Rajasthan's Udaipur today in the shadow of poll debacles.