Patna: The Congress party will hold a meeting of its working committee in Patna on Wednesday, September 23, as it gets battle-ready for the Bihar assembly election. This is the first time that the Congress is holding its CWC meeting in Bihar in the post-Independence era, according to party leaders. The Congress leaders will brainstorm on the election strategy and ramp up its attack against the BJP over alleged “vote chori” in the CWC Meeting.

The CWC meeting will be held at 10 am at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna. All top Congress leaders, including All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge, general secretaries Deepa Das Munshi and Sayeed Nasir Hussain, and former Lok Sabha speaker Meria Kumar will be attending the meeting. Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretaries Jairam Ramesh and K C Venugopal will also attend the meeting.

A couple of resolutions are expected to be passed at the crucial meeting, with an eye on the upcoming Bihar polls, reported news agency PTI, citing sources.

Congress’ CWC Meeting in Bihar Today – What’s On Agenda?

Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar on Tuesday said that state, national and international-level issues, including ‘vote theft’ and imposition of tariffs by the Donald Trump administration of the US, were likely to be discussed at the CWC meeting scheduled in Patna on Wednesday.

The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president bristled at the BJP-led NDA’s charge that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting “has always been held in Delhi, but now scheduled in the Bihar capital as a tactic ahead of upcoming assembly polls in the state”.

He said, “If we look at the history of CWC meetings in the post-Independence era, these have been held at many places. In the recent past, a CWC meeting was held in Gujarat. Tomorrow’s meeting is an extended CWC meet which implies that it will also be attended by state unit chiefs and other senior leaders who have been invited.”

“At CWC meetings, we pass resolutions after holding deliberations on issues of state, national and international levels. Tomorrow, we will be doing the same. The topics of discussion would include ‘vote chori’ and hefty tariffs imposed on India by Trump,” the Bihar Congress president added.

BJP Mocks Congress

Senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain mocked the opposition party for holding the meeting in Patna. “Earlier, CWC meetings took place in Delhi where the Congress has been scoring a zero in elections. It will meet the same fate in the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar,” he said.

Meanwhile, Union minister and LJP(R) chief Chirag Paswan had alleged that the Congress was indulging in “pressure tactics ahead of assembly polls in Bihar”.

As BJP ramps up attack, Congress alliance partner, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is confidant that the CWC meet will benefit the entire opposition coalition. RJD leader and Lok Sabha MP from Buxar, Sudhakar Singh, dismissing BJP’s allegations said, “The CWC meeting in Patna will send across a positive message that will benefit not just the Congress, but the entire INDIA bloc.”

(With PTI Inputs)