Congress plans to take asset monetisation issue to people, leaders to hold pressers across country

Prominent party leaders from all across the country have been roped in.

Upping the ante against the government over its , the Congress plans to take the issue to the grassroots level with a series of press conferences by its leaders across the country. As part of its nationwide plan to take the issue to the common people, Congress leader Mukul Wasnik will address the media in Guwahati in Assam on August 31 and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on September 1 in Hyderabad, party sources said. The series of press conferences started with Rahul Gandhi holding the first in Delhi earlier this week. Besides Mr. Wasnik, another prominent member of the 'Group of 23' leaders who wrote to Sonia Gandhi seeking a Congress overhaul - Shashi Tharoor - has also been roped in and will address the media in Kashmir.