New Delhi, December 27: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today expressed confidence that the ground situation had changed in Andhra Pradesh after the party”s victories in the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Telangana. “Everyone believes that the ground situation has drastically changed after government formation in Karnataka and Telangana”, he tweeted after presiding over two separate strategy meetings in regard to 2024 General Elections for the states of Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.

The two separate strategy meetings were attended, among others by former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and general secretary organisation KC Venugopal, besides the PCC presidents and the general secretary in charge of the respective states.

Mr Kharge said, every leader and worker is going to work hard and reestablish the bond, which the people of Andhra Pradesh once shared with the Congress party.

On Himachal Pradesh the Congress president said, the Modi government at the centre had ignored the repeated pleas of the state government and the MPs to declare the devastating Himachal floods as national calamity.

However, he added, the Congress government in HP had managed to mobilise resources at its own level to provide relief to people there. He said the Congress government was committed towards the welfare of the people of the state.

The meeting for Himachal Pradesh was attended among others by the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, AICC in charge Rajiv Shukla, PCC president Pratibha Singh, deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri and AICC secretary Tajinder Singh Bittu.

Mr Sukhu said the entire state leadership expressed confidence that the party was in a position to win all the four Lok Sabha seats in the state. He said, despite the step-motherly treatment by the BJP ruled centre, the state was fulfilling its promises besides handling the situation caused by the devastating floods.

The strategy meeting for Andhra Pradesh was attended among others by the AICC in charge Manickam Tagore, PCC president GR Raju, former union minister M.M Pallam Raju and others.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Tagore said, the Congress party has extended an open invitation to all those who believe in the Congress ideology and have left over a period to come back. He also criticized the central government for ignoring the state during the last ten years.