Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will reach the city on Monday to address a public meeting to highlight the issue of unemployment in Telangana, her first rally in the state after taking charge as AICC general secretary.
The party said it will also release the ‘Hyderabad Youth Declaration’ at the ‘Yuva Sangharsh Sabha’ to be held at Saroor Nagar Stadium here on Monday evening.
The Youth Declaration is expected to be on the lines of the Kisan Declaration issued by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Warangal.
Telangana Congress senior vice-president and former MP Mallu Ravi told PTI that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attending the meeting would instill “confidence” among lakhs of unemployed youth and students in the state.
He said that the unemployed youth and students are desperate due to the alleged leak of question papers of the recruitment examinations conducted by the State Public Service Commission (TSPSC).
He said the ‘Youth Declaration’ will include the party’s promises to the youth and students about large scale employment generation, unemployment allowance etc.
Congress has already protested against the TSPSC paper leak issue at various places in Telangana in April under the leadership of state unit president and MP A Revanth Reddy.
“We are sure she (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) will inspire youth, women, farmers, all sections of society,” Ravi said.
The Congress hopes that Priyanka Vadra’s public rally will give a boost to the party as it seeks to revive its fortunes in the state.
With an aim to revive its prospects in the state, the Congress is reaching out to the people in various forms.
While Revanth Reddy has undertaken a ‘padayatra’ after the conclusion of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has been undertaking a ‘padayatra’ for the last 50 days.
The Congress has suffered a setback in Telangana despite the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government realizing its demand for a separate state in 2014.
Apart from losing the Legislative Assembly elections in 2014 and 2018, the Congress has also fared poorly in Assembly bypolls and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections held during the last few years.
Besides this, the party has given ground to the BJP which has won two assembly bypolls and the GHMC elections impressively.
Buoyed by its performance, the BJP is aiming to emerge as an alternative to the ruling BRS.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will reach Telangana on May 8 for public meeting
