Priyanka Gandhi launched 10 days Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan movement in UP to reach out to farmers through first mahapanchayat at Saharanpur on February 10.

There was huge response to the mahapanchayat addressed by Priyanka Gandhi attended by farmers from Saharanpur and other neighbouring areas.

There was huge applause from farmers when Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced that her party would repeal all the three laws when voted to power.

Congress program of Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan based on slogan given by late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri is aimed at reaching out to farmers and revive party for 2022 assembly polls.

Congress under the direction of Priyanka Gandhi has prepared blue print to hold meeting in every village of all tehsils of 27 districts of western UP and Terai region where farmers influence the local politics. The districts include Saharanpur, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Bijnore, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Rampur, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur and Hardoi.

Congress has identified senior leaders like Nirmal Khattri, Pramod Tewari, Harinder Malik, Imran Masood, Raj Babbar, Deepak Singh, Nasimuddin Siddiqui, Rakesh Sachan and Pradeep Aditya Jain to oversee the implementation of Jai Jawan Jai Kisan movement in all districts and address mahapanchayat to hold in the districts.

There is a realisation in Congress that there is direct connect farmers agitation with western UP districts Saharanpur, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Hapur and other districts.

Hundreds of farmers from these districts visit daily to Ghazipur border to participate in farmers agitation. They also supply all sorts of help to farmers who are camping on the borders.

With the massive mobilisation of party workers and leaders Congress is working to win over Hindu, Muslim, Jats and Gujjar backward communities who play important role in western UP and Terai region.

It would be worth mentioning here there was a time when Congress commanded tremendous influence in western UP and Choudhry Charan Singh used to be the undisputed leader but he parted company with Congress party and formed his own Bhartiya Kranti Dal in 1969.

BJP became powerful in western UP as communal riots resulted in communal polarisation which helped saffron brigade.

But recent developments in western UP which saw successful mahapanchayat in various districts where all factions of farmers and their castes came on one platform to oppose the controversial farm laws, gave a big blow to BJP base.

Priyanka Gandhi has launched the program to strengthen the organisation at grass root level.

For the first time a team of 28,575 workers have been formed under Congress Srijan Program so that the party has presence of 25 workers in every nayay panchayat of all the blocks of UP.

Priyanka Gandhi herself is responsible for setting up the organisation at micra level and she is in touch with these workers through mobiles.

Congress is confident of successfully implementing Jai Jawan and Jai Kisan movement through recently constituted committees at nayay panchayat level. (IPA Service)