Add more people to Congress, Shivakumar tells party workers

Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar said here on Wednesday that the party should have “a digital youth” in every booth while strengthening the Congress at the booth level.

Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar said here on Wednesday that the party should have “a digital youth” in every booth while strengthening the Congress at the booth level.

Addressing party workers at the Congress district office, Mr. Shivakumar said that if the party is strengthened at the booth level, the Congress can return to its past glory in the coastal belt, mainly in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. “We need more booth-level workers than leaders,” he said.

Referring to the differences of opinion among some workers in the party’s Sullia block unit, the Deputy Chief Minister asked the party leadership in Dakshina Kannada not to remove any worker from the party.

“Add more people to the party. Don’t remove anyone unless the situation warranted,” he said, adding that workers from other parties should also be brought to the Congress.

Mr. Shivakumar said that the booth-level units of the party should be activated to ensure that the guarantees of the Congress-led government reached all people.

Asking the party workers in the coastal belt not to lose hopes as the party could manage to win only two seats in the twin districts, the Deputy Chief Minister stressed that the party workers should visit houses, talk to people to strengthen the Congress.

“Everything is possible in politics. Nothing is impossible,” he said referring that the Congress can win over the BJP in the twin districts.