Bhopal: The Congress on Tuesday said that it will contest the next assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh on issues raised by the people during its former president Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, and not on a projected face.
Assembly elections in the BJP-governed MP are due by the year-end.
“The next regime in Madhya Pradesh will not be the government of theft. We will come to power by winning elections. We will contest elections on the basis of issues. Why do you (media) want the polls on the basis of face,” Pawan Khera, who heads the media and publicity department of the All India Congress Committee, said in response to a question.
Mr Khera along with Supriya Shrinate, chairperson of AICC’s social media team, held a press conference.
He said that issues are prioritized by the people of Madhya Pradesh and not by the Congress.
During his Bharat Jodo Yatra, a foot march from Kanyakumari to Srinagar, Rahul Gandhi had several conversations with people across the state and issues like price rise, unemployment, corruption and women’s safety came up through those talks, Mr Khera said.
The Congress leader said that people expect political parties to take up the issues which bother them.
Mr Khera said the issues that were in existence during the first term of Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in MP are still there with more severity.
