New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- A rejuvenated Congress, with an active backing of its Central leaders, is hoping for a revival in the national capital, and later in Punjab. The grand old party feels that it has been presented with a golden opportunity to reemerge in key areas like Delhi and Punjab, where the AAP grew at its expense and on false allegations against Congress' leadership, if it is able to dislodge the Arvind Kejriwal-led party in the forthcoming Assembly polls.

There is a section of leadership in the Congress who want to utilize this opportunity to ensure that it is able to regain lost ground in the national capital. This is the reason for the aggressive involvement of top central leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priy...