more-inCongress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has given the team appointed to plan and oversee the party’s campaign in Karnataka complete autonomy. “The criteria will be who can deliver the most,” a senior leader said. They are also meeting, by turns, senior State leaders including Leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge, party MP Veerappa Moily, general secretary B.K. Hariprasad and senior leader Oscar Feranades. On whether the Congress should have an electoral understanding with the Janata Dal-Secular, a senior party leader said, “The mood in the State unit is to go it alone.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2017 16:52 UTC