In Uttar Pradesh, a two-day convention of state Congress is beginning today at Varanasi. It will be inaugurated by national general secretary of the party Rahul Gandhi. State Congress President Rita Bahuguna Joshi said that the convention will discuss the party's strategy for the 2012 Assembly elections, besides planning agitation to protest against the high-handedness of the Mayawati government to acquire agricultural land from the farmers. AIR correspondent reports that the Congress President Sonia Gandhi will address a public meeting on concluding day of the convention.