General secretary of the All-India Congress Committee and in charge of the Haryana Congress affairs Margret Alva yesterday appealed to party workers of the Gurgaon and Faridabad Lok Sabha constituencies to strengthen the party for the elections while directing their sitting MPs and MLAs to pay due regard to the workers.
Addressing the workers' sammelan of both constituencies at the district Congress Bhawan here, she instructed the party ministers and MLAs in the state government to be sensitive towards the workers and listen to their problems as it would go a long way in strengthening the party set-up for the coming general elections.
Her remarks drew instant applause as she asked the elected leaders to devote specified time in their respective assembly constituencies for the purpose.
She directed Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Phool Chand Mullana to chalk out a strategy so that ministers and MLAs could hear workers' grievances.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, too, stressed the need for making workers feel that it was their party's government in the state.
He did not mince words in telling the MLAs and MPs that they should at least offer a cup of tea to the workers, who were the backbone of the party.
Source: Tribune News Service, Aug-24-2008
