Congress to turn to agitational politics, highlight economic slowdown

Sonia Gandhi implored party leadership to have a "concrete agitational agenda" to go directly to the people instead of merely being aggressive on social media

The Congress on Thursday said it planned to launch a series of protests and demonstrations across the country from October 15 to 25, in the midst of the festive season, to highlight the poor state of the economy.

Faced with the challenge to revitalize party structure, arrest the erosion in its ranks but also to find a language to connect with people, particularly the youth, the Congress unveiled a slew of programmes.

It will have conventions across the country to highlight the "economic slowdown" from September 20 to 30. It will hold padyatras across the country on October 2, and