Forget 2G,target Maya: Rahul

Since states too are responsible for price rise,there was no need for Congress to be on backfoot.

A day after UP Congressmen expressed concern over price rise and corruption at a meeting of the coordination committee,AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi told them that they should aggressively raise issues of corruption and lack of development under the Mayawati government.

He told a meeting,called to script an action plan for the 2012 Assembly elections,that the controversy over the 2G spectrum allocation was not an issue for villages and that the Centre alone could not be blamed for price rise. Since states too are responsible for price rise,there was no need for Congressmen to be on the backfoot (in this regard).

A senior party leader said Rahul Gandhi told them that they should stop assessing the number of seats that the Congress would corner in 2012. He told us to think positive,work hard and believe in our abilities to ensure the partys victory in the state elections, said Congress MP from Moradabad Azharuddin.

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Sources said that in the closed-door meeting of senior party functionaries,it was observed that issues like the 2G spectrum did not remain on voters mind for long and that the UP Congress should focus on corruption in centrally-funded schemes.

AICC general secretary in-charge of UP Digvijay Singh said it was decided,in the meeting,to form district and state level monitoring committees to keep a watch on the implementation of 16 such schemes in the state.

The meeting also decided that the party would declare its candidates by May 31.