From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Nov 3: After the launch of "Mane Manege Congress’’ campaign in 224 Assembly constituencies in the run-up to next year’s assembly polls, the ruling Congress party is starting the next phase of distribution of booth member cards to party workers in all the booths being set up as part of the systematic strategy to galvanise the party.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dr G Parameshwara personally distributed booth member cards to over 4000 identified booth-level workers at mega program at Koratagere, Tumakuru district today.

Each booth will have a team of about 15 to 20 members, comprising key persons representing different communities and women, who will visit every house in their respective areas and interact with the people as part of the "Mane Manege Congress’’ mass contact programme.

Explaining the micro management of the booth committees, Dr Parameshwara said the booth committee members will meet the voters in their areas on a regular basis and the exercise will directly help the party candidates.

Dr Parameshwara added that a data bank has been created giving details of the 6.5 lakh members in the party and presidents of both the panchayat and booth level committees. Any leader could contact them at any point of time.

A mega campaign Mane-Manege Congress” was launched by the party to strengthen the party at the grassroots level in the run-up to the 2018 Assembly elections.

The KPCC Chief said the party has decided to appoint 66,000 booth-level agents covering all 224 Assembly constituencies in order to spread the party’s message and inform people of the achievements of the State Government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and that of the UPA governments, while comparing them with the failures of BJP’s 40-month-old Narendra Modi regime.

The campaign, aims at informing households about the benefits they have received under various welfare schemes – Anna Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya, Pashu Bhagya, Arogya Bhagya, Krishi Bhagya, Vasathi Bhagya, Vidya Siri, midday meal, scholarships, and a large number of rural and urban development programmes.

The party workers in charge of each of the booths will not only educate people on the achievements of the government in the State, but also give feedback to the party on what people think about their elected representatives so as to take corrective measures or set right any problems, he added.