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Mammoth Party- Mega Session
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Despite losing its sheen in the recent past, the Congress
Party is still a name to reckon with. It still has
one of the largest grassroots worker network and organization
resources. So, when it is a Congress plenary session,
it has to be on a mega scale. After 41 years, Bangalore
played host to the 81st three-day All India Congress
Committee (AICC) plenary session, from March 17-19,
2001.
The AICC's 65th plenary session was held in Bangalore
in 1960 when former Vice-President B D Jatti was Karnataka's
chief minister. The venue was the erstwhile Mysore
Maharaja's garden, which is now named Sadashivanagar.
This time the plenary session was inside Palace Grounds
and a huge canopy was erected. More than 10,000 delegates
converged at the grounds, which was renamed 'Rajiv
Gandhi Nagar'.
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The
first lady of the city welcomes the most sought
after lady… Mayor Prema Cariappa welcomes Congress
President Sonia Gandhi into the city by offering
the traditional Mysore Peta and badge. |
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The Mayor Prema Cariappa, Chief Minister S M Krishna
and Sonia Gandhi at the inauguration of the statue
of Rajiv Gandhi in Seshadripuram. |
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The
past and the present… huge banners of Gandhi
and Nehru look down on present day leaders at the
inaugural session of the 81st plenary session of
AICC. |
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only relic of the freedom struggle is the Gandhi
Topi and Khadi Kurtha… Congress workers in
sparkling white uniform turn up for the flag hoist
at the AICC plenary session. |
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the future… Rajiv was a leader who always stressed
on the need to empower the youth who will be responsible
citizens of the future. |
Text and photos by Levine Lawrence
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