Although the new PCC executive had not yet been re-constituted, Mahajan has already toured some key districts like Mandi, Hamirpur, Bilaspur and Shimla to gear up the party machinery for highlighting the failures of the government. His announcement to prepare the party for formation of the government, after disloding the existing one, is also an indication of a long-term plan which Mahajan had already conceived of.

Reports received from the districts reveal that Mahajan's closed door meetings with the DCCs focussed mainly on the strategy to restore confidence among the workers, mass mobilisation against government and coordination among partymen.

``These meetings are turning out to be very useful as we can get feedback from the field about the government's performance and can meet the shortcomings within the organisational set up,'' Mahajan claims.

Though Mahajan tries to play down the fact that he had not been getting the desired support from a powerful section of the party leaders close to former CM Virbhadra Singh, his supporters had already conveyed the same to some Central leaders.

In fact, the tour of Mahajan and his daily interaction with workers in the district had started causing worry in the rival camp. Reports suggest that two senior party leaders from Solan, including a sitting MLA, had even declined to attend a meeting if former CM Virbhadra Singh, who is also CPL leader was present. Mahajan handled the situation by assuring two leaders that he would get a separate meeting convened in their areas for detailed discussions.