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Rahul Gandhi consults women Panchayat chiefs for Congress manifesto

As a part of the exercise to include demands and aspirations of sections of people, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday met women representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions. The women pradhans provided inputs for Congress's 2014 Lok Sabha elections manifesto. Gandhi had in January, held consultations with representatives from various minority communities, including Muslims to incorporate their views and suggestions for the party manifesto. Rahul Gandhi consults women Panchayat chiefs for Congress manifesto  The women pradhans provided inputs for Congress's 2014 Lok Sabha elections manifesto. The exercise comes in line with Gandhi's call for "opening the doors and windows of politics" for common man in formulating policies and programmes of the government as the party sought to reach out to the people directly in the manifesto-making exercise by launching a website to seek direct feedback from the public. As a prelude, Gand