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Just days to go for the much anticipated NDC Congress to be held in the Brong Ahafo regional capital, Sunyani, the main challenger to President Mills has launched a scathing attack on her opponent. At a Press Conference held at Alisa Hotel, Accra on Wednesday July 6, former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings stated that growing divisions in the ruling NDC party has compelled her to contest President Mills for the flagbearership slot. According to her, party structures have been neglected by the leadership of the party. She added that the governing NDC is in leadership crisis which must be resolved at the Sunyani congress. Mrs Rawlings maintained that the current NDC leadership has lost touch with the grassroots which has created despondency among party faithfuls. "My decision to contest arose against a backdrop of growing division, apathy and despondency among our party faithul. Under the current leadership, our party has been divided into factions that never exist before and,this, is killing the spirit of the NDC". Sounding very confident, she stated that she was the only person capable of restoring confidence and trust in public office holders if elected as the flag bearer of the NDC. She added that electing her as the flag bearer of the party would set the NDC on the path to victory in 2012. The wife of former President Rawlings added that majority of the 3,000 NDC delegates have assured her that they would be bold and vote for her at the July 8-10 congress. Mrs Rawlings added that once she is given the nod in Sunyani there was no doubt she would defeat the NPP's Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2012 polls and win the general elections by a landslide. NDC MPs on Tuesday urged Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings to step down and allow President Mills to run unopposed when she met the parliamentarians in the House in a bid to convince them to vote for her. In a related development, the spokesperson of the Rawlingses, Kofi Adams has reiterated his belief that Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings will win the Sunyani Congress with more than 1,700 votes.