Don’t lose heart, sunny days are ahead, D.K. Shivakumar tells A.P. Congress cadre
The Hindu
D.K. Shivakumar urges Congress cadre in Andhra Pradesh not to lose heart, as good days are ahead. He advises dedicated party workers to take the lead and build the party from the grassroot level. He believes that the Congress party, with its national outlook, will soon be in power and extend its full support for strengthening the party unit in Andhra Pradesh. N. Raghuveera Reddy praises D.K. Shivakumar's role in reviving the Congress party and urges him to extend his support to the A.P. unit.
Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on November 11 (Saturday) said the Congress cadre in Andhra Pradesh should not lose heart, as good days were ahead for the party.
“Nothing is permanent in politics. Today you may not have the numbers, but the situation will change when the Congress party will come to power at the Centre and extend its full support for strengthening the party unit in Andhra Pradesh,” Mr. Shivakumar said at a press conference he addressed at Andhra Ratna Bhavan here.
Referring to the small number of party leaders and cadres who stayed with the Congress during its difficult phase, Mr. Shivakumar said they would not have to face disappointment in future as the situation was bound to improve.
He advised that in every Assembly constituency, dedicated party workers should take the lead and build the party from the grassroot level. “The party may not have even a single representative either in the State Assembly or in Parliament today, but this is not a permanent feature. There is a sunrise after sunset, that is the law of nature,” he said.
In Andhra Pradesh, he said neither the TDP nor the YSR Congress Party had a national outlook. “No party can survive without a national outlook,” he asserted, reminding the party cadre that the Congress “is a party with a national flag.”
He suggested that the party leadership in the State deploy one “digital youth” in every booth, without having to depend on the media to write about them.
Mr. Shivakumar said for the forthcoming elections, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi were working out a big strategy, which was supported by 26 parties.
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