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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Cong appoints observers for first phase of organisational restructuring
Bhopal: Two days after Lok Sabha LOP Rahul Gandhi launched the 'Sangathan Srajan Abhiyan (organisational rejuvenation campaign)', the Congress on Thursday appointed three observers for every district to elect 60 organisational district presidents. This is a total of 180 top Congress functionaries who have been given the responsibility of finding capable district presidents. AICC in-charge for Madhya Pradesh unit affairs Harish Chaudhary had told reporters that the first phase of state Congress' reorganisation will be complete in two months. The first phase of the state Congress reorgansiation would be election of new district presidents. The second and third phases would elect block presidents and booth in-charges. The three observers who have been appointed for each organisational district who will speak to local Congress leaders and party workers to make a list of suitable candidates. For Morena, the party has appointed former minister Lakhan Singh Yadav, sitting MLA Siddharth Kushwaha and former state party general secretary Mahendra Singh Chouhan as observers. Former finance minister Tarun Bhanot, former state party general secretary Sunil Sharma and ex MLA Mevaram Jatav are observers for Sheopur district. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Here's A List Of Cheapest Steel Suppliers (See List) Steel Suppliers | search ads Search Now Undo Former minister Priyavrat Singh, ex MLA Baijnath Kushwaha and party joint secretary Ram Lakhan Dandotiya are observers for Bhind. State Mahila Congress chief Vibha Patel, former MLA Harsh Yadav and ex-state party general secretary Bhuvan Vikram Singh are observers for Damoh district. Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Singh, ex MLA Sanjay Sharma and party secretary Ajay Awasthi are observers for Rewa. Former PCC chief Arun Yadav, ex MLA Ajay Tandon and party's Lok Sabha candidate Samrat Sarswar are observers for Sidhi. For LOP Ajay Singh, sitting MLA RK Dogne and assembly election candidate Pushpraj Patel are observers for Jabalpur City. Former minister Mukesh Nayak, MLA Mahesh Parmar and ex MLA Nishank Jain have been appointed observers for Bhopal City. Bhopal: Two days after Lok Sabha LOP Rahul Gandhi launched the 'Sangathan Srajan Abhiyan (organisational rejuvenation campaign)', the Congress on Thursday appointed three observers for every district to elect 60 organisational district presidents. This is a total of 180 top Congress functionaries who have been given the responsibility of finding capable district presidents. AICC in-charge for Madhya Pradesh unit affairs Harish Chaudhary had told reporters that the first phase of state Congress' reorganisation will be complete in two months. The first phase of the state Congress reorgansiation would be election of new district presidents. The second and third phases would elect block presidents and booth in-charges. The three observers who have been appointed for each organisational district who will speak to local Congress leaders and party workers to make a list of suitable candidates. For Morena, the party has appointed former minister Lakhan Singh Yadav, sitting MLA Siddharth Kushwaha and former state party general secretary Mahendra Singh Chouhan as observers. Former finance minister Tarun Bhanot, former state party general secretary Sunil Sharma and ex MLA Mevaram Jatav are observers for Sheopur district. Former minister Priyavrat Singh, ex MLA Baijnath Kushwaha and party joint secretary Ram Lakhan Dandotiya are observers for Bhind. State Mahila Congress chief Vibha Patel, former MLA Harsh Yadav and ex-state party general secretary Bhuvan Vikram Singh are observers for Damoh district. Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Singh, ex MLA Sanjay Sharma and party secretary Ajay Awasthi are observers for Rewa. Former PCC chief Arun Yadav, ex MLA Ajay Tandon and party's Lok Sabha candidate Samrat Sarswar are observers for Sidhi. For LOP Ajay Singh, sitting MLA RK Dogne and assembly election candidate Pushpraj Patel are observers for Jabalpur City. Former minister Mukesh Nayak, MLA Mahesh Parmar and ex MLA Nishank Jain have been appointed observers for Bhopal City.
Indian Express
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘ChatGPT, how to take on BJP?': Congress turns to AI for help as it preps for Madhya Pradesh comeback
After a bruising defeat in Madhya Pradesh in December 2023, and a steady stream of defections, the Congress is looking for a digital transformation, armed not just with resolve but with Artificial Intelligence (AI). From June 9 to 15, all party MLAs, district presidents, and constituency and district in-charges will undergo mandatory training on media handling, social media conduct, misinformation detection, and the use of AI. The party leaders will have to stay together for the sessions to ensure team building and dialogue. The sessions will, however, not be free; participants have to pay a fee to attend. In a recent closed-door meeting between All India Congress Committee's (AICC) Madhya Pradesh in-charge Harish Chaudhary and state Congress chief Jitu Patwari, the diagnosis was blunt: the party was ideologically on weak ground, its digital instincts were outdated, and its members were ill-equipped to navigate the hyperconnected political battlefield of the present. The two leaders said the party required a comprehensive training grounded in history, sharpened by technology and delivered with a dose of discipline. 'This isn't just about learning to use AI. It is a full-spectrum leadership course: ideological, practical, and technological,' state Congress vice-president Mahendra Joshi told The Indian Express. Sanjay Kamle, a Congress state general secretary, said the training programme includes modules on understanding the party's ideological evolution, using AI to generate press notes and social media graphics, and leveraging speech-writing tools. Party workers will be trained to flag misinformation, understand international developments through curated news summaries, and move beyond dependence on digital agencies. 'Language will not be a barrier. Earlier, when instructions in English came from Delhi, local leaders in Hindi-speaking areas struggled to grasp their essence. Now, with ChatGPT, they can easily translate them. They don't have to engage a media strategist like big leaders do,' Kamle told The Indian Express. He emphasised that the programme's goal was to create a cadre that was digitally literate and politically aware, building on past initiatives on booth and media management. The party plans to deploy AI tools for daily communications, crafting birthday tributes to political leaders, condolence messages for public figures, and content for local events. The focus, according to party leaders, is on understanding complex international issues. 'For example, what US President Donald Trump said in the past few days can be summarised and understood with the help of AI rather than reading multiple newspapers. Leaders will be able to understand complex concepts faster,' Kamle said. The party will also ask its leaders and workers to follow WhatsApp etiquette, asking them to keep read receipts on so that those sending texts know that their message has been read. Public profiles with photographs and bios will become mandatory to verify the authenticity of office-bearers. Building on previous efforts The effort builds on efforts to impose internal discipline. In April, the state unit issued guidelines for public events, including mandatory displays of Gandhi and Ambedkar photos, uniform stage dimensions, bell-rung limits on speeches, and bans on leaders using vehicles belonging to individuals with criminal cases. At one recent gathering, senior leader Digvijaya Singh led by example, announcing he would sit with party workers after addressing an event, rather than on the stage. One of the central challenges the Congress aims to address through this training is navigating an increasingly volatile political environment marked by 'communal polarisation, disinformation, and the rise of post-truth narratives'. Of these, the party is keen on 'countering vilification of Congress leaders through doctored videos, fake quotes' and 'misleading narratives, rewriting or selective portrayal of India's political history, including the diminishing of Congress's role in the freedom struggle', among others, according to insiders. 'We are preparing mentally and politically to take on hatred and post-truth tactics. There will be discussions on the Constitution and the strategy is to counter post-truth with the truth. For that, training the local cadre is a must. There are fabrications such as the Congress did not do anything for 70 years, we indulge in appeasement politics, and framing the party as 'anti-Hindu' or sympathetic to only one community. We are going to leverage technology to counter this,' said a Congress leader.
Time of India
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Cong to train party MLAs on AI usage
Bhopal: Still struggling to come to terms with its debacle in the 2023 assembly elections and rout in the Lok Sabha polls last year, the state Congress has decided to impart training in social media and AI (artificial intelligence) to its legislators, district presidents, district in-charges, assembly seat in-charges, and office-bearers. The training will be held between June 9 and 15. However, the training will come with a stipulated fee that will be paid by the was decided by the party's state in-charge Harish Chaudhary and PCC chief Jitu Patwari that workers, including newcomers and recently joined members, need to know the history, political journey, and ideology of the Congress. The training will be jointly organised by the AICC training department and the state party training will be taught to identify fake news on social media to know the difference between fact and fiction to counter negative news about the party. They will be trained in how to counter such fake and damaging social media content by rival political parties. Sources in the state Congress said that the rival party often circulates defamatory content on the Congress party.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Cong strategies taking ‘Save Constitution' campaign to grassroots
Bhopal: The Congress state unit on Tuesday held a meeting on the "Save Constitution" campaign with its working committee and political affairs committee at the party office here. The AICC has decided to hold the campaign across the country from April 25 to 30. In Madhya Pradesh, the campaign will take-off from April 28, and a rally will take place in Gwalior. Party state in-charge Harish Chaudhary and state president Jitu Patwari were present along with other senior Congress functionaries during the meeting on Tuesday. Following the guidelines of the party after the recent CWC ( Congress Working Committee ) meeting in Ahmedabad, the state unit installed a poster that said, "Jai Bapu-Jai Bham-Jai Samvidhan". Also, in the convention hall at the state party headquarters, no chairs were kept on the dais. Senior functionaries sat on the dais and homage was paid to party patriarchs with "sutt ki mala (garlands made of threads)". by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Villas in Dubai | Search Ads Undo All the senior functionaries, executive members and district presidents of the Congress organization participated in the meeting. Strategic discussions were held on strengthening the organization, giving priority to people's problems, and upcoming movements and campaigns of the party. The focus, however, was on the upcoming Save Constitution campaign . It was decided that a "Constitution Bachao" rally will be organised in Madhya Pradesh from April 28 with a rally in Gwalior. Thereafter, the campaign will spread across the state in three more phases. Chaudhary said, "This campaign will prove to be decisive in stopping the attacks on the Constitution and making the public aware of their rights." Patwari said, "Every worker should consider this movement as his responsibility and take the message of the Constitution to every village, every ward." This campaign will prove to be an important initiative in the direction of giving new energy to the organization, boosting the morale of the workers and strengthening public relations at the grassroots level, Patwari argued. The first phase of the Samvidhan Bachao campaign will be held at the district levels from May 3 to May 10. Rallies will be organized by all district Congress committees in coordination with the state Congress headquarters. "In these rallies, the anti-people policies of the Modi govt, rising unemployment, inflation, agricultural crisis, poor condition of rural economy will be highlighted. Participation of youth, farmers, working class and Dalit communities will be ensured," a state party release said. Second phase of the campaign will be held from May 11 to 17 when the party will take people's issues to the state assembly segments. Congress MLAs, former people's representatives, office-bearers and social workers will create public awareness in every assembly constituency. Misuse of ED, CBI, and central agencies, disregard of constitutional institutions, attacks on the rights of women, Dalits and tribals will be highlighted, the state Congress office said. In the final phase from May 20 to 30, the party plans to reach every house. Congress workers will go door-to-door and establish communication on issues like inflation, unemployment and violation of constitutional rights. Party will distribute campaign literature and dialogue will be strengthened through social media.
