Congress to hold three-day plenary session in February 2023

The Congress's 85th plenary session will be held in Chhattisgarh's Raipur in the second half of February next year. The decision was taken on Sunday after the first meeting of the party's steering committee. The party also announced that as a follow-up to the Bharat Jodo Yatra, it will run a massive campaign 'Haath se haath jodo abhiyaan' from January 26 for two months as part of which padyatras will be taken out and a letter from Rahul Gandhi talking about the core message of the yatra will be distributed among the people along with a 'charge sheet' against the Modi government. The meeting held discussions on two major topics - AICC plenary session and Bharat Jodo Yatra.

A statement issued by the steering committee said, "The Committee noted the overwhelming success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and the wide participation of lakhs of people. The Yatra listens to and speaks with people from all sections of society every day, especially youth, women, farmers and the working class, directly communicating its message of equality, fraternity and harmony. It is the same message which India’s spiritual leaders and social reformers preached, the leaders of our freedom struggle under Mahatma Gandhi fought for, and our Constitution upholds." At the meeting, Kharge insisted on "top to bottom" accountability in the party, Congress president Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, senior leaders P Chidambaram, Anand Sharma, Meira Kumar and Ambika Soni were among those who attended the steering committee meeting at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi.