Covering the bases: from visibility to votes

Last year, the Congress set in motion the Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan, a process of rewiring its district leadership across India. This year, Rahul Gandhi is undertaking a renewed push towards public engagement bordering on activism, even as district leadership is being freed of past hierarchies. Sandeep Phukan examines the social re-engineering of the grand old party and how it intends to build up to the 2029 Parliamentary election