Rahul Gandhi to visit Meghalaya CM's constituency for youth membership drive

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's constituency on Wednesday where he will kick-off an Youth Congress membership drive.

Congress Working Committee member in charge of Meghalaya Dhaniram Shandil and AICC secretary Sanjay Bapna on Monday met senior state party leaders to discuss Gandhi's visit and also to prepare the party's action plan for the state assembly elections slated for 2013.

Monday's meeting was attended by all senior state leaders, including Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Union Minister of State Vincent Pala.

Talking to reporters, Shandil said they were in Shillong to oversee Gandhi's visit to Ampati constituency in Garo hills and prepare the roadmap for 2013 assembly elections.

Shandil said the party would form a Steering Committee that would appoint observers at district and block levels.

These observers will visit constituencies and select party candidates.

Showering praises on Sangma, he said, "The young CM is providing yeoman service to State. Efforts were on to make Meghalaya a model state."

The party also decided to send representatives to villages and educate people on the achievement and schemes initiated for them by the UPA I &II and also by the state government, Bapna said.