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Congress shifts focus on Karnataka ahead of polls

Won 122 seats in 2013 assembly polls with the BJP and Janata Dal (secular) (JD-S) at 40 each

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah arrives at the Vidhana Soudha
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah arrives at the Vidhana Soudha to present the State bugdet 2017-18 in Bengaluru (Photo: PTI)

Amit Agnihotri New Delhi
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is using various management techniques for toning up the organisation and has asked party managers to bring in a new work culture in Karnataka in this regard. This comes when the state is scheduled to go to polls in April next year.

Rahul discussed the issue with the newly appointed All India Congress Committee (AICC) team, including general-secretary (in-charge) K C Venugopal and the four new secretaries.

Venugopal and his deputies, Manickam Tagore, P C Vishnunadh, Madhu Yashki Goud and Sake Sailajanath, had spent three days in Bengaluru last week, holding one-on-one meetings with over 400 leaders to