No star campaigners for Congress in the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly election: MPCC prez
Shillong, January 29: For the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly election on February 27, no big rallies will be organised by Congress party. In the Meghalaya Assembly election there will be no star campaigners but will focus on to connect to voters, a senior party leader said on Sunday.
Congress will focus on visiting every household, with candidates and all new faces contesting the assembly election for the first time. This is organised so that they can get to know their candidates, Meghalaya Congress president Vincent H Pala said.
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"We will not have star campaigners and there will be no big political rallies. Instead, we will focus and adapt to what is best in the political dynamics of the state. People here prefer to get to know their candidates more than their party affiliation," Pala said.
The Meghalaya Congress president said, "I will be attending constituency-based rallies and party meetings convened by party candidates and their supporters," he said
Pala later expressed confidence that the traditional Congress voters have not deserted the party.
"The leaders may have left and joined other political parties but the voters have remained with us (Congress). I have feedbacks to believe in this and on March 2 we will see the results," he said.
Pala expressed confidence that the Congress will win 30-35 seats in the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly in the February 27 election. He said the party has fielded many young and fresh faces as the state need young leaders to lead the state.
The Congress is not alone in adopting strategies to connect with the voters in this hill state, according to political observers.
"We have seen candidates who won elections in Meghalaya are the ones who have connected really well with the voters all throughout regardless of their party affiliations," said Manosh Das. He is an analyst and a political observer who has followed elections in Meghalaya for over three decades.
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- With inputs from agencies
