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  • Congress leaders and staff raring for Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0

    By PTI

    NAVA RAIPUR: Their baggage are packed they usually’re able to go, ready only for a sign to start strolling the breadth of India.

    With Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0 showing a definite chance, a number of Congress leaders and staff say they’re raring to get again on the streets to rapidly take ahead the positive aspects from the primary one.

    There has been speak of one other Bharat Jodo Yatra ever for the reason that Kanyakumari to Kashmir marketing campaign led to Srinagar final month.

    The buzz escalated on Sunday when former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi appealed to get together president Mallikarjun Kharge on the plenary session right here to formulate a brand new plan to hold ahead the “tapasya” (penance) undertaken by the march.

    “The Bharat yatris, as those who completed the entire journey are known, are ready. Our bags are packed and we will leave as soon as we get orders from the party,” stated Vaibhav Walia, AICC delegate and a type of who walked 4,000 km from India’s southern tip to Kashmir. “All Congress workers and many of us now wish for a second phase of the yatra so it can go to states it hasn’t been to,” Walia advised PTI.

    Lhinkim Haokip Shingnaisui of Manipur, the one girl from the northeast who participated as a Bharat yatri within the Bharat Jodo Yatra, stated there may be loads of enthusiasm among the many folks within the northeast after Rahul Gandhi’s feedback on Sunday. “People are calling me to ask how they can join. There is tremendous anticipation for another yatra,” Shingnaisui, referred to as Kim by her Congress colleagues, advised PTI. And sure, she added, she would undoubtedly be a part of the march that may be from the northeast to the west of the nation.

    Gandhi’s feedback on Sunday, saying he and your entire nation would take part within the ‘tapasya’, had been extensively taken as a sign that one other such initiative could possibly be within the offing within the close to future.

    After his remarks, Congress basic secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh advised PTI that the Congress is contemplating a Pasighat-to-Porbandar yatra (east to west), however stated its format could possibly be a bit totally different from the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Ramesh stated there may be loads of enthusiasm and vitality amongst get together staff for an additional doable yatra.

    Though the Bharat Jodo Yatra principally hit the proper notes and observers stated it went a great distance altering Gandhi’s picture, there have been fixed questions in regards to the route and why it didn’t go by sure essential or election-bound states.

    Many within the get together now argue {that a} second yatra might cross states similar to Gujarat, Bihar, West Bengal and the northeast states, boosting the get together’s prospects at a pan-India degree. After this, most elements of the nation would have been coated.

    “Such a yatra will have a very good impact for the party in UP, Bihar, West Bengal and other places,” Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Brijlal Khabri advised PTI. The authorities of the day doesn’t hearken to any grievances be it on the difficulty of value rise or unemployment, and there’s no rule of regulation however solely jungle raj, he alleged. “Whenever there is talk of yatra, however, people get very excited and it endears them towards the Congress,” Khabri added.

    The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra had coated a really small distance in Uttar Pradesh and stayed in politically-crucial Uttar Pradesh just for just a few days.

    The Congress carried out state-level yatras concurrently with the Bharat Jodo Yatra in states similar to Bihar, Assam and Odisha however a full-fledged yatra would have a totally totally different connotation, leaders stated.

    Congress chief from Bihar and former Union minister Shakeel Ahmad stated his state unit undertook a marketing campaign on the strains of Bharat Jodo Yatra however folks do need Rahul Gandhi to hold out a yatra in states it had not crossed.

    “The yatra has shown that unity is our strength and every right thinking person and civil society people wants Rahul Gandhi to carry out another yatra,” he advised PTI.

    “This would be very welcome. Not just the Congress and its allies, all those secular forces which want the country’s welfare would welcome such a yatra and would want to participate,” Ahmad stated.

    Congress chief from Kerala, Chandy Oommen, who additionally walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, agreed with the final sentiment.

    Another yatra would full the duty of the primary.

    “From every village, town and city of this country, the bell of freedom, love and unity should ring. For that to happen every state should be touched upon by the yatra. A second yatra will complete this mission for which every Bharat yatri is ready as a missionary,” stated Oommen, son of former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra coated about 4,000 km by 12 states and two Union territories.

    Rahul Gandhi addressed 12 public conferences, over 100 nook conferences and 13 press conferences.

    He held over 275 deliberate strolling interactions and greater than 100 sitting interactions throughout the course of the journey.

    NAVA RAIPUR: Their baggage are packed they usually’re able to go, ready only for a sign to start strolling the breadth of India.

    With Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0 showing a definite chance, a number of Congress leaders and staff say they’re raring to get again on the streets to rapidly take ahead the positive aspects from the primary one.

    There has been speak of one other Bharat Jodo Yatra ever for the reason that Kanyakumari to Kashmir marketing campaign led to Srinagar final month.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The buzz escalated on Sunday when former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi appealed to get together president Mallikarjun Kharge on the plenary session right here to formulate a brand new plan to hold ahead the “tapasya” (penance) undertaken by the march.

    “The Bharat yatris, as those who completed the entire journey are known, are ready. Our bags are packed and we will leave as soon as we get orders from the party,” stated Vaibhav Walia, AICC delegate and a type of who walked 4,000 km from India’s southern tip to Kashmir. “All Congress workers and many of us now wish for a second phase of the yatra so it can go to states it hasn’t been to,” Walia advised PTI.

    Lhinkim Haokip Shingnaisui of Manipur, the one girl from the northeast who participated as a Bharat yatri within the Bharat Jodo Yatra, stated there may be loads of enthusiasm among the many folks within the northeast after Rahul Gandhi’s feedback on Sunday. “People are calling me to ask how they can join. There is tremendous anticipation for another yatra,” Shingnaisui, referred to as Kim by her Congress colleagues, advised PTI. And sure, she added, she would undoubtedly be a part of the march that may be from the northeast to the west of the nation.

    Gandhi’s feedback on Sunday, saying he and your entire nation would take part within the ‘tapasya’, had been extensively taken as a sign that one other such initiative could possibly be within the offing within the close to future.

    After his remarks, Congress basic secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh advised PTI that the Congress is contemplating a Pasighat-to-Porbandar yatra (east to west), however stated its format could possibly be a bit totally different from the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Ramesh stated there may be loads of enthusiasm and vitality amongst get together staff for an additional doable yatra.

    Though the Bharat Jodo Yatra principally hit the proper notes and observers stated it went a great distance altering Gandhi’s picture, there have been fixed questions in regards to the route and why it didn’t go by sure essential or election-bound states.

    Many within the get together now argue {that a} second yatra might cross states similar to Gujarat, Bihar, West Bengal and the northeast states, boosting the get together’s prospects at a pan-India degree. After this, most elements of the nation would have been coated.

    “Such a yatra will have a very good impact for the party in UP, Bihar, West Bengal and other places,” Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Brijlal Khabri advised PTI. The authorities of the day doesn’t hearken to any grievances be it on the difficulty of value rise or unemployment, and there’s no rule of regulation however solely jungle raj, he alleged. “Whenever there is talk of yatra, however, people get very excited and it endears them towards the Congress,” Khabri added.

    The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra had coated a really small distance in Uttar Pradesh and stayed in politically-crucial Uttar Pradesh just for just a few days.

    The Congress carried out state-level yatras concurrently with the Bharat Jodo Yatra in states similar to Bihar, Assam and Odisha however a full-fledged yatra would have a totally totally different connotation, leaders stated.

    Congress chief from Bihar and former Union minister Shakeel Ahmad stated his state unit undertook a marketing campaign on the strains of Bharat Jodo Yatra however folks do need Rahul Gandhi to hold out a yatra in states it had not crossed.

    “The yatra has shown that unity is our strength and every right thinking person and civil society people wants Rahul Gandhi to carry out another yatra,” he advised PTI.

    “This would be very welcome. Not just the Congress and its allies, all those secular forces which want the country’s welfare would welcome such a yatra and would want to participate,” Ahmad stated.

    Congress chief from Kerala, Chandy Oommen, who additionally walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, agreed with the final sentiment.

    Another yatra would full the duty of the primary.

    “From every village, town and city of this country, the bell of freedom, love and unity should ring. For that to happen every state should be touched upon by the yatra. A second yatra will complete this mission for which every Bharat yatri is ready as a missionary,” stated Oommen, son of former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra coated about 4,000 km by 12 states and two Union territories.

    Rahul Gandhi addressed 12 public conferences, over 100 nook conferences and 13 press conferences.

    He held over 275 deliberate strolling interactions and greater than 100 sitting interactions throughout the course of the journey.

  • I haven’t got a home, says Rahul Gandhi; BJP takes a dig

    By PTI

    NAVA RAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated he has by no means owned a home and famous that this expertise had helped him “change” his Bharat Jodo Yatra and join with the individuals.

    Addressing the Congress plenary session in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Gandhi stated he wished everybody who joined the Yatra to really feel that they have been coming residence.

    He recalled the incident in 1977 when his household was making ready to go away their authorities lodging. “There was a strange atmosphere in the house. I went to mummy and asked her what happened. Ma told me that we are leaving the house. Till that time I used to think it was our house. So I asked my mother why we are leaving our house. Then my mom told me for the first time that it was not our house, but the government’s and we have to leave it now,” the Congress chief stated.

    ALSO READ | Will proceed to ask questions on Adani until fact is out: Rahul at Congress plenary

    Rahul Gandhi stated he requested his mom Sonia Gandhi the place they’d go subsequent. “‘Nahi maloom’ (don’t know) my mother said. I was taken aback. I used to think it was our house. 52 years and I still don’t have a house. Our family house is in Allahabad and that is also not ours. I live at 12, Tughaq Lane but that is not my house,” he stated.

    Gandhi then spoke about his Yatra that was launched on September 7 final yr in Kanyakumari, traversing 12 states and two Union Territories, and concluded in Kashmir in January-end.

    “When I moved from Kanyakumari, I asked myself what is my responsibility. I came up with an idea. I told my people this 20-25 ft area around me is going to be my house for the next four months. This house will move with me. Whoever comes here – be it rich or poor, elderly or young, from whichever religion or state or from abroad or even an animal. They should feel like they have come home and while leaving, they should feel they are leaving their home. The day I did it, the Yatra changed,” Gandhi stated.

    The BJP, nevertheless, took a swipe at Gandhi, saying his remarks present the “sense of entitlement” within the Gandhi household because it enjoys “responsibility without power”. “Rahul ji used to think that all the houses and cars he was using belonged to him. If you feel that the government’s house is your house, who can evict us – this is called the sense of entitlement,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra instructed reporters.

    He stated Gandhi undertook his Yatra solely now, however BJP’s two prime ministers spent their life crisscrossing the nation and studying about it as ‘pracharaks’. “After 52 years of age, he is thinking what should be his responsibility after giving up the Congress presidentship. Your motto and that of the Gandhi family is one – power without responsibility,” Patra stated.

    He stated Mallikarjun Kharge is the Congress president, however the entire get together plenary is concentrated on the members of the Gandhi household.

    NAVA RAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated he has by no means owned a home and famous that this expertise had helped him “change” his Bharat Jodo Yatra and join with the individuals.

    Addressing the Congress plenary session in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Gandhi stated he wished everybody who joined the Yatra to really feel that they have been coming residence.

    He recalled the incident in 1977 when his household was making ready to go away their authorities lodging. “There was a strange atmosphere in the house. I went to mummy and asked her what happened. Ma told me that we are leaving the house. Till that time I used to think it was our house. So I asked my mother why we are leaving our house. Then my mom told me for the first time that it was not our house, but the government’s and we have to leave it now,” the Congress chief stated.

    ALSO READ | Will proceed to ask questions on Adani until fact is out: Rahul at Congress plenary

    Rahul Gandhi stated he requested his mom Sonia Gandhi the place they’d go subsequent. “‘Nahi maloom’ (don’t know) my mother said. I was taken aback. I used to think it was our house. 52 years and I still don’t have a house. Our family house is in Allahabad and that is also not ours. I live at 12, Tughaq Lane but that is not my house,” he stated.

    Gandhi then spoke about his Yatra that was launched on September 7 final yr in Kanyakumari, traversing 12 states and two Union Territories, and concluded in Kashmir in January-end.

    “When I moved from Kanyakumari, I asked myself what is my responsibility. I came up with an idea. I told my people this 20-25 ft area around me is going to be my house for the next four months. This house will move with me. Whoever comes here – be it rich or poor, elderly or young, from whichever religion or state or from abroad or even an animal. They should feel like they have come home and while leaving, they should feel they are leaving their home. The day I did it, the Yatra changed,” Gandhi stated.

    The BJP, nevertheless, took a swipe at Gandhi, saying his remarks present the “sense of entitlement” within the Gandhi household because it enjoys “responsibility without power”. “Rahul ji used to think that all the houses and cars he was using belonged to him. If you feel that the government’s house is your house, who can evict us – this is called the sense of entitlement,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra instructed reporters.

    He stated Gandhi undertook his Yatra solely now, however BJP’s two prime ministers spent their life crisscrossing the nation and studying about it as ‘pracharaks’. “After 52 years of age, he is thinking what should be his responsibility after giving up the Congress presidentship. Your motto and that of the Gandhi family is one – power without responsibility,” Patra stated.

    He stated Mallikarjun Kharge is the Congress president, however the entire get together plenary is concentrated on the members of the Gandhi household.

  • Will proceed to ask questions on Adani until reality is out: Rahul at Congress plenary

    By PTI

    NAVA RAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated the celebration will hold asking questions on Gautam Adani until the reality comes out, as he flayed BJP leaders for popping out in help of the industrialist in Parliament.

    He additionally stated the celebration ought to formulate a brand new plan to hold ahead the “tapasya ” undertaken by the Bharat Jodo Yatra and that he together with the whole nation will take part in it, indicating one other such initiative.

    Launching a robust assault on the federal government on the Adani difficulty, he charged that Adani was working towards the nation by cornering the whole wealth. “When we asked in Parliament what is the prime minister’s relation with Adani our entire speech is expunged. We will ask in Parliament thousands of times till the truth of Adani ji is out, we will not stop,” he stated on the eighty fifth plenary session of the Congress right here amid applause.

    “I want to tell Adani that his company is ‘hurting’ the country and is ‘snatching the entire infrastructure of country,” the previous Congress president charged.

    “The battle for the country’s freedom was against one company as it had taken away all wealth and ports etc.,” he stated. “History is being repeated. This is work against the country and if that happens the entire Congress party will stand against it,” he stated.

    He additionally stated that the celebration will proceed to ask questions on the connection between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Adani.

    Hindenburg Research had made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, towards the Adani Group. The Adani Group has dismissed the fees as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on the way forward for Adani shares: Part I

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on way forward for Adani Businesses: Part II

    NAVA RAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated the celebration will hold asking questions on Gautam Adani until the reality comes out, as he flayed BJP leaders for popping out in help of the industrialist in Parliament.

    He additionally stated the celebration ought to formulate a brand new plan to hold ahead the “tapasya ” undertaken by the Bharat Jodo Yatra and that he together with the whole nation will take part in it, indicating one other such initiative.

    Launching a robust assault on the federal government on the Adani difficulty, he charged that Adani was working towards the nation by cornering the whole wealth. “When we asked in Parliament what is the prime minister’s relation with Adani our entire speech is expunged. We will ask in Parliament thousands of times till the truth of Adani ji is out, we will not stop,” he stated on the eighty fifth plenary session of the Congress right here amid applause.

    “I want to tell Adani that his company is ‘hurting’ the country and is ‘snatching the entire infrastructure of country,” the previous Congress president charged.

    “The battle for the country’s freedom was against one company as it had taken away all wealth and ports etc.,” he stated. “History is being repeated. This is work against the country and if that happens the entire Congress party will stand against it,” he stated.

    He additionally stated that the celebration will proceed to ask questions on the connection between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Adani.

    Hindenburg Research had made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, towards the Adani Group. The Adani Group has dismissed the fees as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on the way forward for Adani shares: Part I

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on way forward for Adani Businesses: Part II

  • Centre placing stress on Chhattisgarh Congress by means of companies: Priyanka at plenary

    By PTI

    NAVA RAIPUR: Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday accused the BJP-led Centre of making an attempt to place stress on Chhattisgarh Congress leaders by means of probe companies, an obvious reference to the latest Enforcement Directorate raids in reference to an alleged unlawful coal levy rip-off.

    Such raids had been an assault on the folks of Chhattisgarh and their rights, she stated at a rally in Jora village to mark the conclusion of the eighty fifth plenary session of the Congress right here.

    She stated the Narendra Modi authorities was ignoring the voices of the poor whereas listening to solely its “industrialist friends”.

    Speaking about her maiden go to to Chhattisgarh, Gandhi stated she had heard in regards to the area’s custom and tradition from her grandmother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi, and was now witnessing it first hand.

    “I went to Sirpur (Mahasamund district) on Saturday and saw a Buddha Vihar and a Shiv Temple as well as tribal traditions, which show the togetherness and unity among the people, something that out Constitution believes in,” she stated.

    The Constitution talks about equality and equal rights for all, however whether it is made weak then leaders get the prospect to commit injustice, she stated.

    The media, judiciary and the Parliament shield the Constitution however the (Union) authorities is making an attempt to supress the media and judiciary in addition to voices of the opposition in Parliament, Gandhi alleged.

    “The Congress wants discussions on important issues but Parliament does not even take our (Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and leader Rahul Gandhi) voices on record,” she alleged.

    ALSO READ | Will proceed to ask questions on Adani until reality is out: Rahul at Congress plenary

    Speaking in regards to the latest raids within the state, she stated, “ED and IT (Income Tax department) raids are taking place on our leaders in Chhattisgarh. This is because the (state) government and CM are doing good work and the state is being seen as model across the country. But they (BJP) want to show the (state) government is not good for you,” Gandhi stated.

    The Centre was sending probe companies to Chhattisgarh as they (BJP) know the Congress goes to win once more. Assembly polls are scheduled for the tip of the yr.

    “The ED raid on Congress leaders is not an attack on the Congress party but on the people of Chhattisgarh and their rights,” she asserted.

    Mocking the Centre’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ slogan, Gandhi stated the truth of the nation was that the Narendra Modi authorities labored on the precept of ‘mitra ka saath, mitra ka vikas’ (making certain pal’s prosperity/crony capitalism).

    “Farmers in the country are earning Rs 27 per day but a friend of the PM is making Rs 1,600 crore per day. Youths are jobless but airports, ports, railways and PSUs are being handed over to Gautam Adani,” she stated.

    READ HERE | I haven’t got a home, says Rahul Gandhi; BJP takes a dig

    Attacking the embattled billionaire businessman additional, Gandhi alleged a couple of lakh labourers had dedicated suicide within the final three years, whereas Adani’s wealth had elevated by 13 instances.

    All BJP leaders had been talking in help of Adani, whereas the voices of the poor had been going unheard, she stated. “They talk about sabka saath, sabka vikas, but please see the reality. What is happening is mitra ka saath, mitra ka vikas,” she instructed the gathering whereas asking them to know which occasion works of their favour when in energy.

    NAVA RAIPUR: Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday accused the BJP-led Centre of making an attempt to place stress on Chhattisgarh Congress leaders by means of probe companies, an obvious reference to the latest Enforcement Directorate raids in reference to an alleged unlawful coal levy rip-off.

    Such raids had been an assault on the folks of Chhattisgarh and their rights, she stated at a rally in Jora village to mark the conclusion of the eighty fifth plenary session of the Congress right here.

    She stated the Narendra Modi authorities was ignoring the voices of the poor whereas listening to solely its “industrialist friends”.

    Speaking about her maiden go to to Chhattisgarh, Gandhi stated she had heard in regards to the area’s custom and tradition from her grandmother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi, and was now witnessing it first hand.

    “I went to Sirpur (Mahasamund district) on Saturday and saw a Buddha Vihar and a Shiv Temple as well as tribal traditions, which show the togetherness and unity among the people, something that out Constitution believes in,” she stated.

    The Constitution talks about equality and equal rights for all, however whether it is made weak then leaders get the prospect to commit injustice, she stated.

    The media, judiciary and the Parliament shield the Constitution however the (Union) authorities is making an attempt to supress the media and judiciary in addition to voices of the opposition in Parliament, Gandhi alleged.

    “The Congress wants discussions on important issues but Parliament does not even take our (Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and leader Rahul Gandhi) voices on record,” she alleged.

    ALSO READ | Will proceed to ask questions on Adani until reality is out: Rahul at Congress plenary

    Speaking in regards to the latest raids within the state, she stated, “ED and IT (Income Tax department) raids are taking place on our leaders in Chhattisgarh. This is because the (state) government and CM are doing good work and the state is being seen as model across the country. But they (BJP) want to show the (state) government is not good for you,” Gandhi stated.

    The Centre was sending probe companies to Chhattisgarh as they (BJP) know the Congress goes to win once more. Assembly polls are scheduled for the tip of the yr.

    “The ED raid on Congress leaders is not an attack on the Congress party but on the people of Chhattisgarh and their rights,” she asserted.

    Mocking the Centre’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ slogan, Gandhi stated the truth of the nation was that the Narendra Modi authorities labored on the precept of ‘mitra ka saath, mitra ka vikas’ (making certain pal’s prosperity/crony capitalism).

    “Farmers in the country are earning Rs 27 per day but a friend of the PM is making Rs 1,600 crore per day. Youths are jobless but airports, ports, railways and PSUs are being handed over to Gautam Adani,” she stated.

    READ HERE | I haven’t got a home, says Rahul Gandhi; BJP takes a dig

    Attacking the embattled billionaire businessman additional, Gandhi alleged a couple of lakh labourers had dedicated suicide within the final three years, whereas Adani’s wealth had elevated by 13 instances.

    All BJP leaders had been talking in help of Adani, whereas the voices of the poor had been going unheard, she stated. “They talk about sabka saath, sabka vikas, but please see the reality. What is happening is mitra ka saath, mitra ka vikas,” she instructed the gathering whereas asking them to know which occasion works of their favour when in energy.

  • Congress to chalk out technique for upcoming polls at plenary session

    By PTI

    RAIPUR: Laying out a transparent roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and forging ballot tie-ups with like-minded events to tackle the BJP would be the centre of dialogue on the three-day Congress plenary session beginning right here Friday.

    The Congress high brass will probably be in attendance on the eighty fifth plenary session that can primarily endorse the presidentship of Mallikarjun Kharge and can pave the best way for the brand new working committee led by him.

    The session, which comes within the backdrop of the Bharat Jodo Yatra that has been touted as a hit by the celebration, will probably be attended by round 15,000 delegates.

    On the primary day of the three-day session, the Steering Committee, which is taking part in the function of the Working Committee (the earlier one was dissolved till a brand new CWC is fashioned), will even resolve on whether or not there will probably be elections to the highest decision-making physique or not.

    Sources mentioned whereas a bit inside the celebration, particularly the youthful lot, desires elections to the CWC, elders within the grand previous celebration need nomination as an alternative to keep away from dissidence inside and allow cohesion within the high physique because the celebration heads into a tricky election cycle forward.

    Assembly polls will probably be held in 9 states this yr, together with Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan the place the Congress guidelines, and Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka the place the celebration is the principal opposition.

    Winning just a few of the foremost states this yr could be the important thing to Congress revival on the Centre forward of the Lok Sabha elections.

    The celebration presently guidelines three states by itself – Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

    The celebration seeks to maintain bitterness at bay, with most seniors of the assumption that consensus is the very best type of election.

    The CWC has 25 members, together with 12 elected members and 11 nominated ones, moreover the Congress president and the chief of the celebration in Parliament, as per the celebration’s structure.

    The final time elections have been held for the CWC was in Kolkata in 1997 underneath Sitaram Kesri, additionally attended by Sonia Gandhi.

    At the plenary, the celebration will even give course to the rank and file to organize for the state ballot cycle forward in Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram.

    Nagaland and Meghalaya will witness polls on February 27. Tripura elections have already concluded.

    As a part of ballot preparations, the celebration would additionally must work out options to finish factionalism within the state models, together with these in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.

    Seeking to hold on the momentum gained by the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, the celebration can also formulate a plan to launch one other yatra from East to West overlaying the northeastern states ranging from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat.

    The Congress has fashioned a number of committees to work out on points to be deliberated in the course of the session and to organise the conclave.

    The plenary comes at a time when the Congress faces an unprecedented problem to its electoral may and even to its primacy within the opposition block.

    While the Congress hopes to sew an anti-BJP entrance for 2024 polls having mentioned that it alone has the ethical and the organisational energy to guide it, clouds of disunity hover throughout.

    The TMC, BRS and AAP seem reluctant to simply accept the Congress stewardship and BRS chief Okay Chandrashekhar Rao has been holding his personal parleys to rein within the BJP.

    The TMC had on Wednesday attacked former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for saying that the ruling celebration of Bengal was working to assist the BJP.

    “Rahul Gandhi’s remarks are pretty rich, especially coming from a party that has lost 40 out of the last 45 Assembly elections in India,” the TMC taunted the Congress simply forward of the AICC plenary.

    In Bihar too Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has referred to as a gathering of Grand alliance allies on February 25 to coincide with the plenary in indicators which have disturbed the Congress, which desires to unseat the BJP.

    The plenary, leaders hope, will supply some readability for the longer term.

    RAIPUR: Laying out a transparent roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and forging ballot tie-ups with like-minded events to tackle the BJP would be the centre of dialogue on the three-day Congress plenary session beginning right here Friday.

    The Congress high brass will probably be in attendance on the eighty fifth plenary session that can primarily endorse the presidentship of Mallikarjun Kharge and can pave the best way for the brand new working committee led by him.

    The session, which comes within the backdrop of the Bharat Jodo Yatra that has been touted as a hit by the celebration, will probably be attended by round 15,000 delegates.

    On the primary day of the three-day session, the Steering Committee, which is taking part in the function of the Working Committee (the earlier one was dissolved till a brand new CWC is fashioned), will even resolve on whether or not there will probably be elections to the highest decision-making physique or not.

    Sources mentioned whereas a bit inside the celebration, particularly the youthful lot, desires elections to the CWC, elders within the grand previous celebration need nomination as an alternative to keep away from dissidence inside and allow cohesion within the high physique because the celebration heads into a tricky election cycle forward.

    Assembly polls will probably be held in 9 states this yr, together with Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan the place the Congress guidelines, and Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka the place the celebration is the principal opposition.

    Winning just a few of the foremost states this yr could be the important thing to Congress revival on the Centre forward of the Lok Sabha elections.

    The celebration presently guidelines three states by itself – Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

    The celebration seeks to maintain bitterness at bay, with most seniors of the assumption that consensus is the very best type of election.

    The CWC has 25 members, together with 12 elected members and 11 nominated ones, moreover the Congress president and the chief of the celebration in Parliament, as per the celebration’s structure.

    The final time elections have been held for the CWC was in Kolkata in 1997 underneath Sitaram Kesri, additionally attended by Sonia Gandhi.

    At the plenary, the celebration will even give course to the rank and file to organize for the state ballot cycle forward in Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram.

    Nagaland and Meghalaya will witness polls on February 27. Tripura elections have already concluded.

    As a part of ballot preparations, the celebration would additionally must work out options to finish factionalism within the state models, together with these in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.

    Seeking to hold on the momentum gained by the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, the celebration can also formulate a plan to launch one other yatra from East to West overlaying the northeastern states ranging from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat.

    The Congress has fashioned a number of committees to work out on points to be deliberated in the course of the session and to organise the conclave.

    The plenary comes at a time when the Congress faces an unprecedented problem to its electoral may and even to its primacy within the opposition block.

    While the Congress hopes to sew an anti-BJP entrance for 2024 polls having mentioned that it alone has the ethical and the organisational energy to guide it, clouds of disunity hover throughout.

    The TMC, BRS and AAP seem reluctant to simply accept the Congress stewardship and BRS chief Okay Chandrashekhar Rao has been holding his personal parleys to rein within the BJP.

    The TMC had on Wednesday attacked former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for saying that the ruling celebration of Bengal was working to assist the BJP.

    “Rahul Gandhi’s remarks are pretty rich, especially coming from a party that has lost 40 out of the last 45 Assembly elections in India,” the TMC taunted the Congress simply forward of the AICC plenary.

    In Bihar too Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has referred to as a gathering of Grand alliance allies on February 25 to coincide with the plenary in indicators which have disturbed the Congress, which desires to unseat the BJP.

    The plenary, leaders hope, will supply some readability for the longer term.

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