New Delhi: The Congress is likely to launch an all-out attack on the Central government over the agrarian crisis and the controversial Land Acquisition Bill at a conference of Chief Ministers of the party on Tuesday.
The meeting in the national capital to be chaired by party President Sonia Gandhi will be the first such meet after the worst debacle in the Lok Sabha polls in 2014. It is likely to sharply focus on the Narendra Modi government's economic policies.
Having repeatedly shown his aggressive side since his return from a 56-day sabbatical, party vice President Rahul Gandhi is likely to unleash a fresh assault on the government at the conclave. The meet comes at a time when the Congress Vice President has launched a sustained campaign against the NDA government over a range of issues - from the Land Bill to the Real Estate Bill to net neutrality.
Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be other key speakers at the conclave.
A senior leader said that the economic "mismanagement" of government as seen in the alleged "neglect" of the social sector and its "failure" to address the problems of farmers will be focussed at the meet.
Congress is in power in nine states - Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
With Assembly elections in Assam and Kerala scheduled in 2016, the meet would also provide an opportunity to deliberate on the strategy ahead.
Sonia Gandhi, who has been at the helm of the party since 1998, had started the practice of organising conclave of its chief ministers when Congress was in Opposition at the Centre. Such meets had been held at Mount Abu, Guwahati, Delhi and Srinagar.
The Congress President has convened the meeting at a time when organisational elections have been delayed as also the elevation of Rahul, who was made party vice president in January 2013 at the Jaipur 'Chintan Shivir'.
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