New Delhi: Amid the price rise of essential commodities and petroleum products, the Congress party has determined to commence its mass Jan Jagran campaign from November 14 when the birth anniversary of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The campaign will continue till November 29.

A release in this regard has been issued by Congress General Secretary, organisation, K.C. Venugopal to all states and UTs which says that the Pradesh Congress Committee are requested to conduct mass awareness and contact programme from November 14 to 29." The Congress Working Committee had in its meeting on October 16 talked over and decided to observe a mass agitation, awareness programme, named 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan', across the country on runaway inflation and price rise between November 14-29. During the 14 days 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan', all senior office-bearers of state, district, block committees, all frontal organisations, departments and cells will undertake a long 'padyatra' to touch each polling booth. No public meeting, but small group meetings will be held to interact with the common people.

In the mass awareness contact programme, the party workers would reach up to the maximum number of people and create awareness on bad handling of the economy by the Central government and the resulting price rise.

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