The Congress held its first meeting of the party workers on June 6, though it was given out that the conclave was called to extend "thanks" to the party workers for their excellent work in generating people's support in the Lok Sabha elections.

In the meeting, Chief Minister Hooda and state Congress president Phool Chand Mullana exhorted them to get ready for the next battle of ballot. Of course, they did not say that these would be held in October.

The Chief Minister also announced that Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi would be invited to address a rally in Haryana soon. He said that the massive mandate given to the Congress by the people was in fact an endorsement of the policies of the Congress and Haryana government. This mandate had obviously put more responsibility on his shoulders.

Meanwhile, preparing ground for wooing the electorate, Rohtak M.P. and son of the Chief Minister Deepender Singh Hooda urged the Chief Minister to raise the monthly old age allowance to a uniform level of Rs 700 per month for all beneficiaries. At present, it is being given at the rate of Rs 500 and Rs 700 per month for two categories of beneficiaries.

In the coming days, over one lakh power connections to the people living below poverty line would be released for domestic use under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen VidyutiKaran Yojna. They would not be charged any fee for giving the connections.

In order to attract farmers, Chief Minister Hooda also plans to launch A p n a Transformer Scheme taking 11000 KV electricity line and installment of separate transformer for each tube well. State Congress Chief Phool Chand Mullana