Money problems hit Congress's plan to highlight govt failures, slowdown

The first phase of the programme has been postponed - the new dates to hold the conclaves on economic issues is September 28 to 30

Constrained by pecuniary problems the Congress party has had to reschedule an upcoming anti-government offensive. Congress President Sonia Gandhi (pictured) last week chaired a meeting of senior party leaders and officer-bearers posted at the party’s national headquarters in New Delhi and also state leaders. She implored them to turn to “agitational” politics to reach out to the people. The meeting agreed that the party should hit the road and organise protests and demonstrations to highlight the economic slowdown. It announced the party's state units would organise conventions and conclaves on the economic slowdown in their respective states from September 20 to