Sonia to decide on PCC chief soon: Moily

Hyderabad, Jan 9 (UNI) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will soon decide on the new Andhra Pradesh Congress president, Congress Working Committee member and party in-charge of AP affairs Veerappa Moily said today.

Talking to newspersons here he said, ''UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has fully recovered and a decision on the issue will be taken shortly''.

The party machinery from the state level to booth level would be strengthened, Mr Moily said, asserting that the Congress alone could provide a stable Government in the state.

Earlier, inaugurating the three-day training class for youth Congress activisits, he said the Congress party was growing from strength to strength with the main opposition Telugu Desam Party in ''total disarray''.

He exhorted the party activists to create awareness among the people about the various welfare programmes undertaken by the Congress Government in the state and the party-led UPA Government at the Centre.

Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy announced, amid huge applause that Rs two-a-kg rice scheme would be implemented in the state from coming Telugu new year ''Ugadi''.

Dr Reddy said TDP was levelling ''baseless'' allegations against the Government as it could not not digest the all-round development ushered in by the ruling party.

Though the Government had conducted public hearings in the project sites, the opposition could not not prove any corruption charges in the implementation of the ''Jalayagnam'', he added.

State Youth Congress President T J R Sudhakar Babu announced that the activists would organise 'padayatras' in all the districts from February first week to take to the people the Governments' welfare schemes and developmental programmes.

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