NEW DELHI: From the also-rans in the Congress structure, the frontal organisations are set for a big revamp in the Rahul Gandhi era.The Congress chief is set to put them at the heart of election strategy and campaign. He has sought a detailed feedback from the adjunct fronts of AICC on what role they see for themselves in the polls. The departments have been asked about the “support” they require to sharpen their functioning.The new-found relevance of AICC departments in the party’s overall scheme of things would be on full display in a joint meeting that Rahul has decided to convene soon. It would be the first of its kind of brainstorming.The move follows Rahul Gandhi carving a niche organisational role for AICC secretaries, the juniors to AICC general secretaries, who have till now had little say in strategy or decision-making.Under the new plan put in place, each state has been entrusted multiple secretaries who, independent of the AICC general secretaries, have to tour districts and submit reports on organisational work. Sources said he has also sought a joint meeting with AICC secretaries for feedback on their field work in a prescribed format. The two meetings, sources said, are likely to be called after Rahul returns from his Mansarovar Yatra in mid-September.But all eyes are on Rahul’s meeting with frontal organisations. Sources said the department chiefs have been asked to submit papers on their “areas of intervention” in the poll campaign and also to spell out the help they require from the party.It would mark a leg-up for Mahila Congress, NSUI (student outfit), Youth Congress, ex-servicemen department, Scheduled Castes department, Scheduled Tribes department, OBC department, Minorities department — which have existed for many years now. Also, since assuming decision-making in Congress after 2014, the Congress chief set up data analytics department, social media department, All India Professionals Congress and Fishermen Congress.Over the years, most of the AICC departments have had insignificant role and it is to be seen what new interventions can be designed for them. The role of departments will be crucial in the formulation of party’s poll manifesto as it plans to reach out to different occupational groups to draw up a list of their demands.