Rahul will not only launch a campaign for Karnataka, but also do a soft launch of the party's Mission 2019

Rahul is not just brainstorming the strategy with senior leaders but even instructing state unit heads.

Buoyed by the close finish with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bastion Gujarat, Congress president Rahul Gandhi in now eyeing a better performance in the general elections and poll-bound Karnataka under Mission 2019.

Rahul and other party stalwarts have zeroed in on few key areas-preparing lists of probable Lok Sabha candidates, focus on urban voters, setting up of block- and booth-level structures, communication department teams and focus on local issues which can be used later on during campaigns.

Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki told India Today, "We met Rahul Gandhi in connection with the 2019 elections. Our priority is now to prepare list candidates who can be fielded in the elections."

"We have already started working on booth management. Rahul Gandhi also asked us to make the electorate aware of what the state government is doing for its betterment and the party's future plans," he said.

State unit leaders have also been asked to work upon increasing the vote share. Senior Congress leader and former MLA from Gujarat Siddharth Patel, who also met Rahul, said, "Our Navsarjan Yatra campaign in Gujarat was a huge hit, but we are not satisfied with the increase of votes."

AICC Communication Department convener Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "After receiving Rahul Gandhi's instructions, we have started strengthening our departments across the country. We are roping in youngsters for our communication teams and focussing on local issue-based campaigns which can be later used at the national level."

DPCC president Ajay Maken told India Today, "We have already set up committees based on professions of urban voters. Our local units are reaching out to them as part of organisation-strengthening process."

As part of the strategy to reach out to voters, Rahul will hold a 'Janata Durbar' at the Congress headquarters in Delhi every Saturday.