HYDERABAD: The stage is set for a two-day brainstorming session of the State Congress Committee beginning Thursday to review the Congress Government's performance.

AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh and secretary Iqbal Singh besides Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, APCC chief K. Keshava Rao will attend the meeting at Taramati Baradari. Close to 400 leaders, including Ministers, MPs, MLAs, PCC office bearers, DCC chiefs and Zilla Parishad chairpersons will participate.

The Government's performance in the last 30 months is expected to come under sharp focus, even as party leaders asserted that no specific agenda had been fixed. A critical review of programmes undertaken and successes of some schemes and drawbacks of others are expected to be discussed threadbare.

The Chief Minister is said to be preparing to highlight his Government's achievements, particularly `Jalayagnam' (irrigation) and `Bhooyagnam' (land distribution). The meeting is likely to adopt resolutions that would guide the Government and the party to face the next elections.

The separate Telangana issue, which has dominated the political agenda in the State and the Karimnagar Lok Sabha byelection, will figure in the deliberations. Already, Congress MLAs and MPs from the region have been putting pressure on the AICC to expedite its decision.

Inhibiting factors

Congress sources said the impending Cabinet expansion and elections to the Legislative Council may inhibit some leaders from coming out openly against the Government's policies. But, they do not rule out the possibility of party leaders, like P. Janardhan Reddy, M. Sashidar Reddy, Madhu Yaskhi and S. Satyanarayana, from raising the contentious Pothireddypadu issue and the demand for separate Telangana.

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