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  • Bharat Jodo Yatra is to not venture Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate for 2024 polls: Jairam Ramesh 

    By PTI

    KARNAL: Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Saturday stated ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ was not an train to venture Rahul Gandhi as a main ministerial candidate for the 2024 basic elections.

    “This Bharat Jodo Yatra is not to project Rahul Gandhi as a prime ministerial candidate. It is an ideological yatra of which the main face is Rahul Gandhi. It is not one individual’s yatra,” Ramesh, the Congress basic secretary in-charge communications, stated in response to a query right here.

    He asserted that the ‘Kanyakumari to Kashmir’ foot march, which is presently passing by Karnal in Haryana, isn’t an election yatra.

    The senior occasion chief added that Gandhi has raised three huge points within the Yatra, particularly financial inequality, social polarisation and political authoritarianism.

    KARNAL: Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Saturday stated ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ was not an train to venture Rahul Gandhi as a main ministerial candidate for the 2024 basic elections.

    “This Bharat Jodo Yatra is not to project Rahul Gandhi as a prime ministerial candidate. It is an ideological yatra of which the main face is Rahul Gandhi. It is not one individual’s yatra,” Ramesh, the Congress basic secretary in-charge communications, stated in response to a query right here.

    He asserted that the ‘Kanyakumari to Kashmir’ foot march, which is presently passing by Karnal in Haryana, isn’t an election yatra.

    The senior occasion chief added that Gandhi has raised three huge points within the Yatra, particularly financial inequality, social polarisation and political authoritarianism.

  • Misleading to say SC upheld demonetisation; verdict does not take care of end result, says Congress

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday stated the bulk verdict by the Supreme Court has steered away from the query whether or not the goals of the demonetisation train had been achieved in any respect.

    The ‘minority’ judgement identified the ‘illegality’ and the ‘irregularities’ within the demonetisation, Chidambaram stated on Monday quickly after the apex court docket made its verdict.

    Once the Supreme Court has declared the legislation, Chidambaram stated, we’re obliged to simply accept it.

    “It may be only a slap on the wrist of the government, but a welcome slap on the wrist,” Chidambaram stated in a sequence of tweets.

    “It is necessary to point out that the majority has not upheld the wisdom of the decision; nor has the majority concluded that the stated objectives were achieved. In fact, the majority has steered clear of the question whether the objectives were achieved at all,” he stated.

    The dissenting judgement will rank among the many well-known dissents recorded within the historical past of the Supreme Court, the previous finance minister stated.

    Verdict doesn’t take care of outcomes: Congress

    It is “misleading and wrong” to say the Supreme Court has upheld demonetisation, the Congress declared, including that almost all apex court docket verdict on the matter offers with the restricted situation of the method of decision-making, and never with its outcomes.

    “The majority Supreme Court verdict deals with the limited issue of the process of decision making not with its outcomes. To say that demonetisation has been upheld by the Honourable Supreme Court is totally misleading and wrong,” stated AICC basic secretary Jairam Ramesh.

    The verdict has nothing to say on whether or not the said goals of demonetisation had been met or not, Ramesh stated.  “None of these goals – reducing currency in circulation, moving to cashless economy, curbing counterfeit currency, ending terrorism & unearthing black money-was achieved in significant measure,” he added.

    The Supreme Court in a 4:1 majority verdict has upheld the federal government’s 2016 choice to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, saying the decision-making course of was not flawed.

    Justice B V Nagarathna dissented from the bulk judgment of the Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer and stated the scrapping of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 sequence notes needed to be executed by way of a laws and never by way of a notification.

    Ramesh stated in an announcement that the Supreme Court has solely pronounced on whether or not Section 26(2) of RBI Act, 1934 was accurately utilized or not earlier than saying demonetisation on November 8 2016.

    “Nothing more, nothing less. One judge in her dissenting opinion has said that Parliament should not have been bypassed,” he stated.

    “It has said nothing on the impact of demonetisation which was a singularly disastrous decision. It damaged the growth momentum, crippled MSMEs, finished off the informal sector & destroyed lakhs and lakhs of livelihoods,” Ramesh stated.

    In its verdict on Monday, the court docket stated there needs to be nice restraint in issues of financial coverage and the court docket can’t supplant the knowledge of the chief with a judicial evaluate of its choice.

    The bench, additionally comprising Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, stated the Centre’s decision-making course of couldn’t have been flawed as there was session between the RBI and the Union authorities for a interval of six months.

    NEW DELHI: Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday stated the bulk verdict by the Supreme Court has steered away from the query whether or not the goals of the demonetisation train had been achieved in any respect.

    The ‘minority’ judgement identified the ‘illegality’ and the ‘irregularities’ within the demonetisation, Chidambaram stated on Monday quickly after the apex court docket made its verdict.

    Once the Supreme Court has declared the legislation, Chidambaram stated, we’re obliged to simply accept it.

    “It may be only a slap on the wrist of the government, but a welcome slap on the wrist,” Chidambaram stated in a sequence of tweets.

    “It is necessary to point out that the majority has not upheld the wisdom of the decision; nor has the majority concluded that the stated objectives were achieved. In fact, the majority has steered clear of the question whether the objectives were achieved at all,” he stated.

    The dissenting judgement will rank among the many well-known dissents recorded within the historical past of the Supreme Court, the previous finance minister stated.

    Verdict doesn’t take care of outcomes: Congress

    It is “misleading and wrong” to say the Supreme Court has upheld demonetisation, the Congress declared, including that almost all apex court docket verdict on the matter offers with the restricted situation of the method of decision-making, and never with its outcomes.

    “The majority Supreme Court verdict deals with the limited issue of the process of decision making not with its outcomes. To say that demonetisation has been upheld by the Honourable Supreme Court is totally misleading and wrong,” stated AICC basic secretary Jairam Ramesh.

    The verdict has nothing to say on whether or not the said goals of demonetisation had been met or not, Ramesh stated.  “None of these goals – reducing currency in circulation, moving to cashless economy, curbing counterfeit currency, ending terrorism & unearthing black money-was achieved in significant measure,” he added.

    The Supreme Court in a 4:1 majority verdict has upheld the federal government’s 2016 choice to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, saying the decision-making course of was not flawed.

    Justice B V Nagarathna dissented from the bulk judgment of the Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer and stated the scrapping of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 sequence notes needed to be executed by way of a laws and never by way of a notification.

    Ramesh stated in an announcement that the Supreme Court has solely pronounced on whether or not Section 26(2) of RBI Act, 1934 was accurately utilized or not earlier than saying demonetisation on November 8 2016.

    “Nothing more, nothing less. One judge in her dissenting opinion has said that Parliament should not have been bypassed,” he stated.

    “It has said nothing on the impact of demonetisation which was a singularly disastrous decision. It damaged the growth momentum, crippled MSMEs, finished off the informal sector & destroyed lakhs and lakhs of livelihoods,” Ramesh stated.

    In its verdict on Monday, the court docket stated there needs to be nice restraint in issues of financial coverage and the court docket can’t supplant the knowledge of the chief with a judicial evaluate of its choice.

    The bench, additionally comprising Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, stated the Centre’s decision-making course of couldn’t have been flawed as there was session between the RBI and the Union authorities for a interval of six months.

  • Whole ‘Covid drama’ being orchestrated to ‘derail’ Bharat Jodo Yatra: Jairam Ramesh

    By PTI

    HYDERABAD:  Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Friday accused the federal government of orchestrating the “Covid drama” to defame and derail the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra that’s all set to enter Delhi, and mentioned his occasion will comply with any protocol primarily based on scientific recommendation that’s uniformly carried out.

    The Rahul Gandhi-led Yatra entered Faridabad on the final day of its Haryana leg within the first section and can attain Delhi on Saturday morning.

    DMK MP Kanimozhi joined the yatra right here moreover some sportspersons.

    At a press convention in Pakhal village right here, Ramesh mentioned, “This whole Covid drama over the last two days has been orchestrated to defame and derail the Bharat Jodo Yatra from coming to Delhi. That’s the only objective”.

    He was requested if the federal government was selectively selecting on the yatra after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya wrote to Gandhi to think about suspending the march if Covid protocols couldn’t be adopted.

    “Any protocol based on scientific and medical advice that is uniformly implemented will be followed by the Congress party. We have always followed it,” he mentioned.

    In a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he mentioned, “We were not the party which gave a solution that the Covid situation (after its outbreak in 2020) will be won in 18 days, like the Mahabharata war”.

    “There was one gentleman who said that we will win the Covid war in 18 days, there was on gentleman who advised Indians to deal with the pandemic by going to their balconies and bang ‘thalis’. These were the remedies given for Covid, if you recall,” the senior Congress chief mentioned.

    Ramesh mentioned if there’s a scientific or medical protocol, we’ll comply with it voluntarily.

    “I wore the mask longer than the prime minister wore it yesterday,” he mentioned, whereas claiming that the prime minister’s masks was for TV.

    Ramesh had on Thursday mentioned the Union Health Minister’s letter to Gandhi over following Covid protocols within the march was primarily based on issues raised by three BJP MPs and never on recommendation of specialists or scientists.

    Gandhi had additionally slammed the advisory, saying the federal government is developing with “excuses” to cease the yatra.

    Earlier addressing a press convention right here together with senior leaders AICC in-charge for Haryana affairs Shaktisinh Gohil, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and occasion chief Kanhaiya Kumar, Ramesh mentioned, “If there is a directive to wear masks, we will wear masks, if there is a directive to maintain social distancing, that will be ensured”.

    Ramesh mentioned he has suggested the “Bharat Yatris this morning to wear masks” through the yatra.

    “I don’t understand what the controversy is all about. There is no directive, there is no protocol,” he mentioned.

    On Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi’s reported remarks that Congress leaders wish to give a break to the yatra to vacation overseas, Ramesh dubbed it as baseless.

    “I want to challenge Prahlad Joshi. If what he is saying comes true, I will publicly apologise and if what he claims turns false, he should do the same,” he mentioned.

    On Parliament being adjourned sine die six days forward of schedule, Ramesh mentioned the fact is that there was no enterprise left for 4 extra days and a few opposition events had flagged this level “that government does not have any bills and agenda”.

    Kanhaiya Kumar additionally charged that the BJP authorities has made each try and defame the yatra.

    Detailing the yatra’s route in Delhi, Gohil mentioned the march will halt for the evening in Faridabad and can enter Delhi from the Badarpur border close to Badarpur Metro station on Saturday morning.

    At 6 am Saturday, the march will start from Haryana finish and after strolling a distance of 5 km the yatra will enter Delhi.

    “We will reach Ashram Chowk at 10:30 am. The yatra will resume from ‘Jairam Ashram’ from Ashram Chowk. It will move to Mathura Road, Zakir Hussain Marg, India Gate, Tilak Marg, ITO, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, Netaji Subhas Marg,” he mentioned.

    After reaching Red Fort, Gandhi together with some others will go to Rajghat, Shanti Sthal, Veer Bhumi by automotive and pay floral tributes.

    After a brief break beginning Saturday evening, the yatra will resume on January 3 in Delhi, head to Uttar Pradesh, then once more enter Haryana, transfer in the direction of Punjab and eventually, conclude its journey in Jammu and Kashmir.

    Gohil mentioned no separate permission has been utilized for the yatra in Delhi or every other state by way of which the foot march has handed.

    He mentioned the occasion offers the route plan to the Central Reserve Police Force for safety preparations.

    “We have neither applied for separate permission anywhere nor there is any need as this yatra is of the entire country,” he mentioned.

    “We also cooperate with agencies concerned. We hope the administration in Delhi will cooperate and we will also cooperate,” he mentioned.

    On Gandhi carrying a T-shirt regardless of the winter chill, Ramesh mentioned, “This is your observation, not a question”.

    When the reporter once more requested if Gandhi doesn’t really feel chilly, Ramesh mentioned in a lighter vein, “No, he doesn’t feel cold, he is thick-skinned”.

    HYDERABAD:  Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Friday accused the federal government of orchestrating the “Covid drama” to defame and derail the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra that’s all set to enter Delhi, and mentioned his occasion will comply with any protocol primarily based on scientific recommendation that’s uniformly carried out.

    The Rahul Gandhi-led Yatra entered Faridabad on the final day of its Haryana leg within the first section and can attain Delhi on Saturday morning.

    DMK MP Kanimozhi joined the yatra right here moreover some sportspersons.

    At a press convention in Pakhal village right here, Ramesh mentioned, “This whole Covid drama over the last two days has been orchestrated to defame and derail the Bharat Jodo Yatra from coming to Delhi. That’s the only objective”.

    He was requested if the federal government was selectively selecting on the yatra after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya wrote to Gandhi to think about suspending the march if Covid protocols couldn’t be adopted.

    “Any protocol based on scientific and medical advice that is uniformly implemented will be followed by the Congress party. We have always followed it,” he mentioned.

    In a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he mentioned, “We were not the party which gave a solution that the Covid situation (after its outbreak in 2020) will be won in 18 days, like the Mahabharata war”.

    “There was one gentleman who said that we will win the Covid war in 18 days, there was on gentleman who advised Indians to deal with the pandemic by going to their balconies and bang ‘thalis’. These were the remedies given for Covid, if you recall,” the senior Congress chief mentioned.

    Ramesh mentioned if there’s a scientific or medical protocol, we’ll comply with it voluntarily.

    “I wore the mask longer than the prime minister wore it yesterday,” he mentioned, whereas claiming that the prime minister’s masks was for TV.

    Ramesh had on Thursday mentioned the Union Health Minister’s letter to Gandhi over following Covid protocols within the march was primarily based on issues raised by three BJP MPs and never on recommendation of specialists or scientists.

    Gandhi had additionally slammed the advisory, saying the federal government is developing with “excuses” to cease the yatra.

    Earlier addressing a press convention right here together with senior leaders AICC in-charge for Haryana affairs Shaktisinh Gohil, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and occasion chief Kanhaiya Kumar, Ramesh mentioned, “If there is a directive to wear masks, we will wear masks, if there is a directive to maintain social distancing, that will be ensured”.

    Ramesh mentioned he has suggested the “Bharat Yatris this morning to wear masks” through the yatra.

    “I don’t understand what the controversy is all about. There is no directive, there is no protocol,” he mentioned.

    On Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi’s reported remarks that Congress leaders wish to give a break to the yatra to vacation overseas, Ramesh dubbed it as baseless.

    “I want to challenge Prahlad Joshi. If what he is saying comes true, I will publicly apologise and if what he claims turns false, he should do the same,” he mentioned.

    On Parliament being adjourned sine die six days forward of schedule, Ramesh mentioned the fact is that there was no enterprise left for 4 extra days and a few opposition events had flagged this level “that government does not have any bills and agenda”.

    Kanhaiya Kumar additionally charged that the BJP authorities has made each try and defame the yatra.

    Detailing the yatra’s route in Delhi, Gohil mentioned the march will halt for the evening in Faridabad and can enter Delhi from the Badarpur border close to Badarpur Metro station on Saturday morning.

    At 6 am Saturday, the march will start from Haryana finish and after strolling a distance of 5 km the yatra will enter Delhi.

    “We will reach Ashram Chowk at 10:30 am. The yatra will resume from ‘Jairam Ashram’ from Ashram Chowk. It will move to Mathura Road, Zakir Hussain Marg, India Gate, Tilak Marg, ITO, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, Netaji Subhas Marg,” he mentioned.

    After reaching Red Fort, Gandhi together with some others will go to Rajghat, Shanti Sthal, Veer Bhumi by automotive and pay floral tributes.

    After a brief break beginning Saturday evening, the yatra will resume on January 3 in Delhi, head to Uttar Pradesh, then once more enter Haryana, transfer in the direction of Punjab and eventually, conclude its journey in Jammu and Kashmir.

    Gohil mentioned no separate permission has been utilized for the yatra in Delhi or every other state by way of which the foot march has handed.

    He mentioned the occasion offers the route plan to the Central Reserve Police Force for safety preparations.

    “We have neither applied for separate permission anywhere nor there is any need as this yatra is of the entire country,” he mentioned.

    “We also cooperate with agencies concerned. We hope the administration in Delhi will cooperate and we will also cooperate,” he mentioned.

    On Gandhi carrying a T-shirt regardless of the winter chill, Ramesh mentioned, “This is your observation, not a question”.

    When the reporter once more requested if Gandhi doesn’t really feel chilly, Ramesh mentioned in a lighter vein, “No, he doesn’t feel cold, he is thick-skinned”.

  • Playing towards BJP on Congress-prepared pitch because of Yatra: Ramesh

    By PTI

    DAUSA: Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Sunday mentioned the Bharat Jodo Yatra has ensured that the Congress is now setting the political narrative within the nation and the BJP has been made to play on a pitch ready by his celebration.

    In an interview with PTI on the yatra finishing 100 days, Ramesh additionally mentioned that Rahul Gandhi is making an attempt to sharpen the ideological foundation of the Congress and is working together with the celebration’s elected president, Mallikarjun Kharge, as a ‘jugalbandi’ (collectively).

    Asked whether or not the celebration may undertake one other such yatra subsequent yr, Ramesh mentioned, “I would definitely like to take part in a Porbandar (Gujarat) to Parshuram Kund (Arunachal Pradesh) Yatra however whether or not we will do it subsequent yr and the way we will do it subsequent yr, it needs to be mentioned and debated in acceptable celebration boards.

    ” The Congress common secretary in-charge communications asserted that by way of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi has given a brand new route to the political discourse and the Congress has set the narrative for the final 100 days.

    “The Congress has been applauded, criticised, praised, reviled. What it means is that we were on the defensive, we were always reacting to what the BJP was saying or what it was doing but through the Bharat Jodo Yatra I think we have succeeded to a very large extent in being able to set the terms of debate and the narrative in the political discourse,” Ramesh mentioned.

    He mentioned the yatra has had an “electrifying internal effect” on the organisation in addition to on the exterior world of Indian politics.

    Ramesh claimed that as a result of yatra, the BJP is on the “back foot, disturbed and nervous”.

    “I think we have succeeded in changing the terms of the debate. The narrative is on our pitch now. We are playing cricket against the BJP on a pitch that is prepared by us, we are not playing cricket against the BJP on a pitch prepared by them, that is the difference,” he mentioned.

    Asked if Rahul Gandhi was now the conscience-keeper of the celebration, Ramesh mentioned that is a powerful phrase and one doesn’t emerge as a conscience-keeper by way of only one yatra.

    “He (Gandhi) is raising issues which should be of deep concern to the Indian citizens. He is certainly seen as the ideological compass for the Congress party. We have a full-time elected Congress president and in Rahul Gandhi we have somebody who is trying to sharpen the ideological basis of the Congress,” he mentioned.

    “He and Kharge ji are working as a jugalbandi. To that extent he (Gandhi) has certainly succeeded in energising the party organisation, Congress workers, supporters and giving them a new hope that the Congress party will re-establish itself as the pre-eminent political force in the country,” he mentioned.

    Asked if the yatra would have an electoral influence within the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka that go to polls subsequent yr, Ramesh reiterated that it’s not an electoral yatra however an ideological one.

    “It is a yatra to capture the battlefield of ideas, battlefield of ideologies. Yes we are not an NGO, we are not a ‘sanyasi’ battalion, we are a political party and we exist to fight elections and fight elections to win but whether this Bharat Jodo yatra will have a positive electoral impact, it depends entirely on the Congress organisation,” he mentioned.

    “If we have unity, if we have discipline, if we have a sense of collective purpose, then I think we will be able to take forward the message of the Bharat jodo Yatra and gain electoral success,” he added.

    The yatra was not began to win Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha, however to strengthen the ideological moorings of the Congress, re-establish the reference to the individuals, reinforce a way of collective goal to fight the three huge challenges of financial inequality, enhance social polarisation and established political authoritarianism.

    Asked in regards to the tussle between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot, Ramesh reiterated Gandhi’s earlier assertion that each leaders are belongings for the celebration.

    “Whatever way forward is found by the Congress party and the high command, the principle is very clear, the organisation is supreme. Individuals come and individuals go but it is the organisational interests that are paramount,” he mentioned.

    “I would stress on the supremacy of organisational interest and I am sure that is what is on the minds of the Congress president and others who are working to find a solution,” he mentioned.

    Ramesh additionally contended that due to the Bharat Jodo Yatra Gandhi has been capable of re-establish within the public eye who he actually is – caring, compassionate and delicate.

    “I have said earlier and I would like to repeat this is not a new Rahul Gandhi, this is the real Rahul Gandhi which the country is seeing through the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he mentioned.

    Ramesh additionally slammed those that criticise the Congress unnecessarily, saying the Congress bashing is a favorite pastime of not solely the right-wing but additionally of the liberal commentariat.

    “I think that needs to stop. To a large extent because of the Bharat Jodo Yatra this Congress bashing has moderated in tone. I don’t think it has vanished but it has moderated in tone,” he mentioned.

    Ramesh mentioned the big liberal constituency in our nation should recognise the one approach to defeat the “polarising and poisonous” agenda of the RSS-BJP is by strengthening and reinvigorating the Congress celebration, its values and its ideology.

    The yatra, which was launched on September 7 in Kanyakumari, has accomplished 102 days and traversed eight states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and now, Rajasthan.

    DAUSA: Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Sunday mentioned the Bharat Jodo Yatra has ensured that the Congress is now setting the political narrative within the nation and the BJP has been made to play on a pitch ready by his celebration.

    In an interview with PTI on the yatra finishing 100 days, Ramesh additionally mentioned that Rahul Gandhi is making an attempt to sharpen the ideological foundation of the Congress and is working together with the celebration’s elected president, Mallikarjun Kharge, as a ‘jugalbandi’ (collectively).

    Asked whether or not the celebration may undertake one other such yatra subsequent yr, Ramesh mentioned, “I would definitely like to take part in a Porbandar (Gujarat) to Parshuram Kund (Arunachal Pradesh) Yatra however whether or not we will do it subsequent yr and the way we will do it subsequent yr, it needs to be mentioned and debated in acceptable celebration boards.

    ” The Congress common secretary in-charge communications asserted that by way of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi has given a brand new route to the political discourse and the Congress has set the narrative for the final 100 days.

    “The Congress has been applauded, criticised, praised, reviled. What it means is that we were on the defensive, we were always reacting to what the BJP was saying or what it was doing but through the Bharat Jodo Yatra I think we have succeeded to a very large extent in being able to set the terms of debate and the narrative in the political discourse,” Ramesh mentioned.

    He mentioned the yatra has had an “electrifying internal effect” on the organisation in addition to on the exterior world of Indian politics.

    Ramesh claimed that as a result of yatra, the BJP is on the “back foot, disturbed and nervous”.

    “I think we have succeeded in changing the terms of the debate. The narrative is on our pitch now. We are playing cricket against the BJP on a pitch that is prepared by us, we are not playing cricket against the BJP on a pitch prepared by them, that is the difference,” he mentioned.

    Asked if Rahul Gandhi was now the conscience-keeper of the celebration, Ramesh mentioned that is a powerful phrase and one doesn’t emerge as a conscience-keeper by way of only one yatra.

    “He (Gandhi) is raising issues which should be of deep concern to the Indian citizens. He is certainly seen as the ideological compass for the Congress party. We have a full-time elected Congress president and in Rahul Gandhi we have somebody who is trying to sharpen the ideological basis of the Congress,” he mentioned.

    “He and Kharge ji are working as a jugalbandi. To that extent he (Gandhi) has certainly succeeded in energising the party organisation, Congress workers, supporters and giving them a new hope that the Congress party will re-establish itself as the pre-eminent political force in the country,” he mentioned.

    Asked if the yatra would have an electoral influence within the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka that go to polls subsequent yr, Ramesh reiterated that it’s not an electoral yatra however an ideological one.

    “It is a yatra to capture the battlefield of ideas, battlefield of ideologies. Yes we are not an NGO, we are not a ‘sanyasi’ battalion, we are a political party and we exist to fight elections and fight elections to win but whether this Bharat Jodo yatra will have a positive electoral impact, it depends entirely on the Congress organisation,” he mentioned.

    “If we have unity, if we have discipline, if we have a sense of collective purpose, then I think we will be able to take forward the message of the Bharat jodo Yatra and gain electoral success,” he added.

    The yatra was not began to win Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha, however to strengthen the ideological moorings of the Congress, re-establish the reference to the individuals, reinforce a way of collective goal to fight the three huge challenges of financial inequality, enhance social polarisation and established political authoritarianism.

    Asked in regards to the tussle between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot, Ramesh reiterated Gandhi’s earlier assertion that each leaders are belongings for the celebration.

    “Whatever way forward is found by the Congress party and the high command, the principle is very clear, the organisation is supreme. Individuals come and individuals go but it is the organisational interests that are paramount,” he mentioned.

    “I would stress on the supremacy of organisational interest and I am sure that is what is on the minds of the Congress president and others who are working to find a solution,” he mentioned.

    Ramesh additionally contended that due to the Bharat Jodo Yatra Gandhi has been capable of re-establish within the public eye who he actually is – caring, compassionate and delicate.

    “I have said earlier and I would like to repeat this is not a new Rahul Gandhi, this is the real Rahul Gandhi which the country is seeing through the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he mentioned.

    Ramesh additionally slammed those that criticise the Congress unnecessarily, saying the Congress bashing is a favorite pastime of not solely the right-wing but additionally of the liberal commentariat.

    “I think that needs to stop. To a large extent because of the Bharat Jodo Yatra this Congress bashing has moderated in tone. I don’t think it has vanished but it has moderated in tone,” he mentioned.

    Ramesh mentioned the big liberal constituency in our nation should recognise the one approach to defeat the “polarising and poisonous” agenda of the RSS-BJP is by strengthening and reinvigorating the Congress celebration, its values and its ideology.

    The yatra, which was launched on September 7 in Kanyakumari, has accomplished 102 days and traversed eight states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and now, Rajasthan.

  • PM Modi compelled Rajnath Singh to learn wishy-washy assertion on Arunachal border conflict: Congress

    By PTI

    DAUSA: Upping the ante on the federal government over the Sino-India border concern, the Congress on Friday cited the “ballooning” commerce deficit and stated whereas commerce is “normal” with that nation, the border is “abnormal”.

    Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “exonerating” the Chinese together with his 2020 assertion on the border standoff and requested whether or not what had occurred again then was an “incursion” or an “excursion” by the Chinese.

    Hitting out on the prime minister over his “silence” on the difficulty, Ramesh additionally alleged that the prime minister “forced” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to learn a “most wishy-washy” assertion in Parliament earlier this week following the current face-off between Indian and Chinese forces in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted that it was the Opposition events’ democratic proper to hunt a debate on the necessary concern.

    “The prime minister has met the president of China 18 times. (Former External Affairs Minister) Sushma Swaraj said trade and terrorism cannot go together. But after China disturbed the LAC arrangement in April 2020, our imports from China have zoomed, our trade deficit has ballooned,” he advised PTI whereas strolling within the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra right here.

    “So, trade is normal but the border is abnormal. How can we reconcile this with what Sushma Swaraj had said in respect to Pakistan,” Ramesh stated.

    Citing the instance of what occurred in 1962, the Congress chief stated when a full-fledged Chinese invasion was on, a debate was going down in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.

    “Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his colleagues in the cabinet heard the bitter, stinging criticism of the government and responded,” he stated.

    L M Singhvi, who represented Pali within the Lok Sabha as a Swatantra Party member, had written to Nehru asking for a secret session of Parliament to debate the Chinese invasion and the then PM responded, saying it’s nonsensical to think about a secret session and it have to be an open session, Ramesh recounted.

    This letter is on public report, he added.

    Ramesh stated it’s extraordinary that an Opposition member of Parliament was writing to the prime minister calling for a secret session of Parliament to debate the Chinese invasion, however the PM stated it have to be mentioned overtly in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

    “And here, we have a prime minister who has not spoken a word for two-and-a-half years and the only word he has spoken, he has exonerated the Chinese by saying there has been no incursion. So my question to the prime minister is that if there has been no Chinese incursion as he said on June 20, 2020, what was it, was it a Chinese excursion if it was not an incursion,” Ramesh stated.

    What have been the Chinese doing in Ladakh and what are they doing in Arunachal Pradesh, he requested.

    “Let us have a debate in Parliament. A debate is not meant to score political points, it is meant to reflect a collective resolve, a collective will of Parliament,” the Congress chief asserted.

    ALSO READ | India blames China of making an attempt to change ‘establishment’, Beijing downplays Arunachal border conflict

    There are political variations and the Bharat Jodo Yatra was born out of political variations with the Modi regime, however despite that, on issues of exterior safety, we’ll converse in a single voice, he stated.

    “But the prime minister rarely comes to Parliament and he forced Mr Rajnath Singh to read a most wishy-washy statement, the Opposition parties walked out and I think the demand for a debate, the rules of which can be set by the government, is a democratic right that is being denied to all opposition parties,” Ramesh stated.

    Questioning the “silence” of the prime minister on the difficulty, he stated Chinese firms proceed to prosper in India and the prime minister continues to maintain silent.

    “What are the relations between Vivekananda International Foundation and the India Foundation and the Chinese Communist Party, I would like to ask,” he stated.

    Congress common secretary in-charge organisation Ok C Venugopal additionally slammed the federal government over the Sino-India border concern, saying individuals who have been speaking about nationalism when in Opposition, should not even permitting a dialogue on the border concern in Parliament.

    “They (the BJP) talked a lot about this type of Chinese aggression but now they are not even allowing a discussion in Parliament. We are very much concerned about territorial integrity. China day by day is entering into our territory, the government is keeping mum,” he stated. Where will or not it’s debated aside from Parliament, he requested.

    “The prime minister should make a statement, there should be a discussion on these things,” Venugopal advised PTI whereas strolling within the yatra.

    ALSO READ | China getting ready for conflict, Indian authorities asleep: Rahul Gandhi

    The remarks of the 2 Congress leaders come days after Singh, in an announcement to Parliament, stated Chinese troops tried to “unilaterally” change the established order alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) within the Yangtse space of Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector on December 9, however the Indian Army compelled them to retreat with its “firm and resolute” response.

    The face-off occurred amid the over 30-month border standoff between the 2 sides in jap Ladakh.

    The Congress has been demanding a dialogue on the border concern and accusing the federal government of hiding the reality.

    DAUSA: Upping the ante on the federal government over the Sino-India border concern, the Congress on Friday cited the “ballooning” commerce deficit and stated whereas commerce is “normal” with that nation, the border is “abnormal”.

    Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “exonerating” the Chinese together with his 2020 assertion on the border standoff and requested whether or not what had occurred again then was an “incursion” or an “excursion” by the Chinese.

    Hitting out on the prime minister over his “silence” on the difficulty, Ramesh additionally alleged that the prime minister “forced” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to learn a “most wishy-washy” assertion in Parliament earlier this week following the current face-off between Indian and Chinese forces in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted that it was the Opposition events’ democratic proper to hunt a debate on the necessary concern.

    “The prime minister has met the president of China 18 times. (Former External Affairs Minister) Sushma Swaraj said trade and terrorism cannot go together. But after China disturbed the LAC arrangement in April 2020, our imports from China have zoomed, our trade deficit has ballooned,” he advised PTI whereas strolling within the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra right here.

    “So, trade is normal but the border is abnormal. How can we reconcile this with what Sushma Swaraj had said in respect to Pakistan,” Ramesh stated.

    Citing the instance of what occurred in 1962, the Congress chief stated when a full-fledged Chinese invasion was on, a debate was going down in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.

    “Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his colleagues in the cabinet heard the bitter, stinging criticism of the government and responded,” he stated.

    L M Singhvi, who represented Pali within the Lok Sabha as a Swatantra Party member, had written to Nehru asking for a secret session of Parliament to debate the Chinese invasion and the then PM responded, saying it’s nonsensical to think about a secret session and it have to be an open session, Ramesh recounted.

    This letter is on public report, he added.

    Ramesh stated it’s extraordinary that an Opposition member of Parliament was writing to the prime minister calling for a secret session of Parliament to debate the Chinese invasion, however the PM stated it have to be mentioned overtly in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

    “And here, we have a prime minister who has not spoken a word for two-and-a-half years and the only word he has spoken, he has exonerated the Chinese by saying there has been no incursion. So my question to the prime minister is that if there has been no Chinese incursion as he said on June 20, 2020, what was it, was it a Chinese excursion if it was not an incursion,” Ramesh stated.

    What have been the Chinese doing in Ladakh and what are they doing in Arunachal Pradesh, he requested.

    “Let us have a debate in Parliament. A debate is not meant to score political points, it is meant to reflect a collective resolve, a collective will of Parliament,” the Congress chief asserted.

    ALSO READ | India blames China of making an attempt to change ‘establishment’, Beijing downplays Arunachal border conflict

    There are political variations and the Bharat Jodo Yatra was born out of political variations with the Modi regime, however despite that, on issues of exterior safety, we’ll converse in a single voice, he stated.

    “But the prime minister rarely comes to Parliament and he forced Mr Rajnath Singh to read a most wishy-washy statement, the Opposition parties walked out and I think the demand for a debate, the rules of which can be set by the government, is a democratic right that is being denied to all opposition parties,” Ramesh stated.

    Questioning the “silence” of the prime minister on the difficulty, he stated Chinese firms proceed to prosper in India and the prime minister continues to maintain silent.

    “What are the relations between Vivekananda International Foundation and the India Foundation and the Chinese Communist Party, I would like to ask,” he stated.

    Congress common secretary in-charge organisation Ok C Venugopal additionally slammed the federal government over the Sino-India border concern, saying individuals who have been speaking about nationalism when in Opposition, should not even permitting a dialogue on the border concern in Parliament.

    “They (the BJP) talked a lot about this type of Chinese aggression but now they are not even allowing a discussion in Parliament. We are very much concerned about territorial integrity. China day by day is entering into our territory, the government is keeping mum,” he stated. Where will or not it’s debated aside from Parliament, he requested.

    “The prime minister should make a statement, there should be a discussion on these things,” Venugopal advised PTI whereas strolling within the yatra.

    ALSO READ | China getting ready for conflict, Indian authorities asleep: Rahul Gandhi

    The remarks of the 2 Congress leaders come days after Singh, in an announcement to Parliament, stated Chinese troops tried to “unilaterally” change the established order alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) within the Yangtse space of Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector on December 9, however the Indian Army compelled them to retreat with its “firm and resolute” response.

    The face-off occurred amid the over 30-month border standoff between the 2 sides in jap Ladakh.

    The Congress has been demanding a dialogue on the border concern and accusing the federal government of hiding the reality.

  • Singer Sunidhi Chauhan to carry out at Rajasthan Congress gala

    Express News Service

    JAIPUR:  The Congress is in a celebratory temper in Rajasthan, forward of two milestones for the celebration this month the completion of 4 years of the Ashok Gehlot authorities within the state in addition to 100 days of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Congress will maintain a grand celebration in Jaipur on Friday to mark the events. Rahul will attend the colorful programme because the chief visitor on December 16, the eve of completion of Gehlot’s 4 years in workplace. 

    A efficiency by singer Sunidhi Chauhan may even be part of the occasion to be held at Jaipur’s Albert Hall, AICC normal secretary Jairam Ramesh stated on Tuesday. Besides Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, state celebration in-charge Sukhjinder Randhawa, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasara, all the most important state leaders can be current on the programme.

    The occasion may even mark 100 days of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began from Kanyakumari on September 7 and has thus far coated Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The march will conclude in Jammu and Kashmir in February 2023. 

    “The Yatra will full 100 days on December 16 and it will likely be a milestone,’’ Ramesh stated at a press convention on Tuesday. The event can be noticed by a glittering Bharat Jodo Concert. Rahul may even handle a press convention in Dausa that afternoon.

    New Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Congress MLAs from the state may even be part of Rahul’s yatra on Friday. According to Ramesh, a public assembly may even be held in Alwar on December 19. The Congress authorities will full 4 years of its time period in Rajasthan on December 17. A variety of programmes can be held from December 17 to December 28 to publicise the achievements of the Gehlot authorities. The chief minister may even maintain a press convention on Saturday to mark the event, throughout which he’ll current an account of the achievements of his tenure.

    A four-day exhibition may even be organised at Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, during which the work accomplished by all the federal government departments and their progress can be showcased.  Also on show would be the numerous public welfare schemes launched by the federal government, together with the Old Pension Scheme and the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme. There may even be direct communication with the beneficiaries and the bold programme to supply smartphones to needy ladies will lastly be launched throughout these celebrations. 

    JAIPUR:  The Congress is in a celebratory temper in Rajasthan, forward of two milestones for the celebration this month the completion of 4 years of the Ashok Gehlot authorities within the state in addition to 100 days of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Congress will maintain a grand celebration in Jaipur on Friday to mark the events. Rahul will attend the colorful programme because the chief visitor on December 16, the eve of completion of Gehlot’s 4 years in workplace. 

    A efficiency by singer Sunidhi Chauhan may even be part of the occasion to be held at Jaipur’s Albert Hall, AICC normal secretary Jairam Ramesh stated on Tuesday. Besides Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, state celebration in-charge Sukhjinder Randhawa, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasara, all the most important state leaders can be current on the programme.

    The occasion may even mark 100 days of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began from Kanyakumari on September 7 and has thus far coated Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The march will conclude in Jammu and Kashmir in February 2023. 

    “The Yatra will full 100 days on December 16 and it will likely be a milestone,’’ Ramesh stated at a press convention on Tuesday. The event can be noticed by a glittering Bharat Jodo Concert. Rahul may even handle a press convention in Dausa that afternoon.

    New Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Congress MLAs from the state may even be part of Rahul’s yatra on Friday. According to Ramesh, a public assembly may even be held in Alwar on December 19. The Congress authorities will full 4 years of its time period in Rajasthan on December 17. A variety of programmes can be held from December 17 to December 28 to publicise the achievements of the Gehlot authorities. The chief minister may even maintain a press convention on Saturday to mark the event, throughout which he’ll current an account of the achievements of his tenure.

    A four-day exhibition may even be organised at Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, during which the work accomplished by all the federal government departments and their progress can be showcased.  Also on show would be the numerous public welfare schemes launched by the federal government, together with the Old Pension Scheme and the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme. There may even be direct communication with the beneficiaries and the bold programme to supply smartphones to needy ladies will lastly be launched throughout these celebrations. 

  • Demonetisation, wrongly designed GST behind excessive unemployment price: Jairam Ramesh

    By PTI

    BUNDI, RAJASTHAN: Demonetisation, wrongly designed GST and defective financial insurance policies of the Narendra Modi authorities are the the reason why the nation is dealing with the best unemployment price in 45 years, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh alleged on Sunday.

    He was addressing a press convention in Bundi district’s Laban village, the place Bharat Jodo Yatra halted for the morning break after clocking 12.8 km from Baldevpura.

    “Demonetisation was the major factor followed by GST (Goods and Services Tax) that destroyed small and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises which generate maximum employment,” he stated.

    On the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh stated one in every of its vital features is to lift points equivalent to financial disparities and inequalities.

    “We are raising our voice against rising prices, unemployment rate and wrongly designed and implemented GST and closure of small scale industries,” Ramesh stated as he launched a film on unemployment.

    The Congress chief stated it was acceptable to launch the film in Rajasthan because it was the primary state to launch an city employment grantee scheme, which was named after Indira Gandhi, in September.

    Ramesh additionally referred to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, saying it gave reduction to a number of lakh individuals within the two to a few Covid-hit years, however the scheme was criticised by some individuals, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    Ramesh congratulated Ashok Gehlot for implementing the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee scheme to eradicate unemployment in city areas.

    “Economic disparities are increasing among states, between poor and rich, and the middle class is suppressed. We are highlighting this in the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Ramesh stated.

    Responding to a query on Gehlot and his nemesis and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot travelling by the identical helicopter to Shimla to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the brand new Himachal CM, Ramesh all get together leaders are already “united” and the 2 leaders travelling collectively was not only for pictures.

    “Both leaders are assets for us. One is experienced and is at a high position in the organisation and in the state. Sachin Pilot is young and energetic. The people and the organisation need both of them. What you are seeing (Gehlot-Sachin in the same chopper) is not a hypocrisy or a show,” Ramesh stated.

    On Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh stated solely girls contributors will march on its 96th day on Monday, which shall be kicked off from Babai in Bundi district.

    BUNDI, RAJASTHAN: Demonetisation, wrongly designed GST and defective financial insurance policies of the Narendra Modi authorities are the the reason why the nation is dealing with the best unemployment price in 45 years, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh alleged on Sunday.

    He was addressing a press convention in Bundi district’s Laban village, the place Bharat Jodo Yatra halted for the morning break after clocking 12.8 km from Baldevpura.

    “Demonetisation was the major factor followed by GST (Goods and Services Tax) that destroyed small and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises which generate maximum employment,” he stated.

    On the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh stated one in every of its vital features is to lift points equivalent to financial disparities and inequalities.

    “We are raising our voice against rising prices, unemployment rate and wrongly designed and implemented GST and closure of small scale industries,” Ramesh stated as he launched a film on unemployment.

    The Congress chief stated it was acceptable to launch the film in Rajasthan because it was the primary state to launch an city employment grantee scheme, which was named after Indira Gandhi, in September.

    Ramesh additionally referred to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, saying it gave reduction to a number of lakh individuals within the two to a few Covid-hit years, however the scheme was criticised by some individuals, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    Ramesh congratulated Ashok Gehlot for implementing the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee scheme to eradicate unemployment in city areas.

    “Economic disparities are increasing among states, between poor and rich, and the middle class is suppressed. We are highlighting this in the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Ramesh stated.

    Responding to a query on Gehlot and his nemesis and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot travelling by the identical helicopter to Shimla to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the brand new Himachal CM, Ramesh all get together leaders are already “united” and the 2 leaders travelling collectively was not only for pictures.

    “Both leaders are assets for us. One is experienced and is at a high position in the organisation and in the state. Sachin Pilot is young and energetic. The people and the organisation need both of them. What you are seeing (Gehlot-Sachin in the same chopper) is not a hypocrisy or a show,” Ramesh stated.

    On Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh stated solely girls contributors will march on its 96th day on Monday, which shall be kicked off from Babai in Bundi district.

  • Possibility of India’s division elevated on account of PM Modi’s insurance policies: Jairam Ramesh

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Monday charged that the potential for India’s division has elevated on account of his insurance policies and that “political dictatorship” is changing into a actuality.

    Ramesh made these feedback at a press convention on the sidelines of the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

    “There are three challenges before the country which need to be fought. The possibility of division in India has increased due to the intention and policies of the prime minister. Economic disparity is rising and divisive ideology are the two other challenges,” he advised reporters at Bali Borda village of Jhalawar district.

    The former Union minister alleged, “Political dictatorship is becoming a reality, which has resulted in One Nation-One Man. One individual is being given all political rights… Constitution is being ignored and constitutional bodies are being weakened.”

    Ramesh stated the Bharat Jodo Yatra was deliberate to boost numerous points going through the folks. The yatra entered Rajasthan on Sunday.

    It began from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and has to date coated the 5 southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana, after which traversed by Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

    It will conclude in Jammu and Kashmir in early February subsequent yr, overlaying 3,570 km in 150 days.

    Ramesh stated the yatra is just not for successful elections and it’s anticipated that it’s going to activate and strengthen the get together organisation.

    “We may get the benefit of the yatra in the election. I feel that the yatra will not make a major difference in the election (outcome). But, it will make a difference if we take serious follow-up actions,” he stated.

    Replying to a query, he stated that in politics there are a number of different issues than elections.

    He additionally added that ideology has its place in politics. “Elections will be won and lost but it is important to fight ideological battles,” he stated.

    Ramesh stated the Congress had lagged in giving precedence to ideological battles and gave precedence to elections up to now 35-40 years.

    On the BJP accusing the Congress of dividing India, he stated the BJP would not deserve to boost such allegations as those that comply with the ideology by no means performed a job within the freedom battle and within the making of the Constitution.

    He stated the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has a divisive ideology and the BJP is skilled in giving slogans and occasion administration.

    “Our republic’s basic principle is unity in diversity and BJY (yatra) not only believes in unity in diversity but also unity in plurality. If you suppress plurality then unity will be in danger,” he stated.

    He additional stated, “BJP wants uniformity and we want unity. This is the basic difference between BJP-RSS and Congress. We have not divided (India) but we have divided Pakistan in 1971.”

    Ramesh stated the Congress get together will begin the ‘Hath-Se-Hath Jodo’ marketing campaign from January 26 to March 26. It might be a three-level marketing campaign during which yatras might be taken out from the sales space, block, district and state ranges.

    He stated that a number of organisations have joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    “Many of these organisations had taken part in the movement led by Anna Hazare in 2012, but they have now realised that there is no other option than Congress.”

    JAIPUR: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Monday charged that the potential for India’s division has elevated on account of his insurance policies and that “political dictatorship” is changing into a actuality.

    Ramesh made these feedback at a press convention on the sidelines of the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

    “There are three challenges before the country which need to be fought. The possibility of division in India has increased due to the intention and policies of the prime minister. Economic disparity is rising and divisive ideology are the two other challenges,” he advised reporters at Bali Borda village of Jhalawar district.

    The former Union minister alleged, “Political dictatorship is becoming a reality, which has resulted in One Nation-One Man. One individual is being given all political rights… Constitution is being ignored and constitutional bodies are being weakened.”

    Ramesh stated the Bharat Jodo Yatra was deliberate to boost numerous points going through the folks. The yatra entered Rajasthan on Sunday.

    It began from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and has to date coated the 5 southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana, after which traversed by Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

    It will conclude in Jammu and Kashmir in early February subsequent yr, overlaying 3,570 km in 150 days.

    Ramesh stated the yatra is just not for successful elections and it’s anticipated that it’s going to activate and strengthen the get together organisation.

    “We may get the benefit of the yatra in the election. I feel that the yatra will not make a major difference in the election (outcome). But, it will make a difference if we take serious follow-up actions,” he stated.

    Replying to a query, he stated that in politics there are a number of different issues than elections.

    He additionally added that ideology has its place in politics. “Elections will be won and lost but it is important to fight ideological battles,” he stated.

    Ramesh stated the Congress had lagged in giving precedence to ideological battles and gave precedence to elections up to now 35-40 years.

    On the BJP accusing the Congress of dividing India, he stated the BJP would not deserve to boost such allegations as those that comply with the ideology by no means performed a job within the freedom battle and within the making of the Constitution.

    He stated the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has a divisive ideology and the BJP is skilled in giving slogans and occasion administration.

    “Our republic’s basic principle is unity in diversity and BJY (yatra) not only believes in unity in diversity but also unity in plurality. If you suppress plurality then unity will be in danger,” he stated.

    He additional stated, “BJP wants uniformity and we want unity. This is the basic difference between BJP-RSS and Congress. We have not divided (India) but we have divided Pakistan in 1971.”

    Ramesh stated the Congress get together will begin the ‘Hath-Se-Hath Jodo’ marketing campaign from January 26 to March 26. It might be a three-level marketing campaign during which yatras might be taken out from the sales space, block, district and state ranges.

    He stated that a number of organisations have joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    “Many of these organisations had taken part in the movement led by Anna Hazare in 2012, but they have now realised that there is no other option than Congress.”

  • Organisation, not particular person will likely be key think about resolving Congress’ Rajasthan management row: Ramesh

    By PTI

    MALWA: Ahead of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra coming into Rajasthan on December 4, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday stated any answer to the management tussle within the western state to be chalked out by occasion president Mallikarjun Kharge will likely be based mostly on the precept that organisation is supreme and never a person.

    Rajasthan is witnessing an influence battle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy and rival Sachin Pilot with the acrimony between them worsening lately after the previous used the time period ‘gaddar’ (traitor) for the latter.

    Gehlot and Pilot, a former deputy CM, have been at loggerheads over chief ministership ever for the reason that Congress gained the Rajasthan polls in 2018.

    “Whatever formula Khargeji and other leaders will come up will be based only on one principle – that the organisation is supreme. So, whatever formula is implemented, it will not be implemented from the viewpoint of individual A or individual B, but from the viewpoint of the organisation,” Ramesh instructed PTI throughout a ‘stroll the discuss’ interview on Friday.

    “Whatever will be implemented will be in the interest of the organisation. It is not the question of individual A or individual B. It is the Congress party. The Congress has to be strengthened and prepared for the 2023 Assembly elections (in some states, including Rajasthan) and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls,” stated the occasion General Secretary in-charge of communications.

    Queried whether or not Gehlot (71) will settle for Pilot (45) as new Rajasthan chief minster, Ramesh stated former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has clearly stated each leaders are belongings to the occasion.

    “Gehlot is a senior and experienced leader, while Pilot is a young, popular and energetic leader. Both are assets and we need both of them in the party,” stated the previous Union minister who’s in Madhya Pradesh as a part of the Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    READ HERE | Both leaders belongings to Congress, says Rahul Gandhi on Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot

    While Gehlot has been saying that Pilot’s 2020 rebel can’t be ignored and that he doesn’t benefit from the help of a majority of the Congress MLAs, the Pilot camp has been claiming the legislators desire a change within the management in Rajasthan.

    Ramesh was main a Congress Sewa Dal march that began at 6 am in Agar Malwa district within the presence of Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh and the latter’s MLA-son Jaivardhan Singh, holding the tricolour forward of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    Asked if the “50-50 formula” will likely be carried out within the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, the place Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and well being minister TS Singh Deo are reportedly at loggerheads, Ramesh sidestepped the query and stated his occasion will win the 2023 Assembly polls within the central state.

    “See, this 50-50 formula and all I have no idea. But I can tell you the party is united and we will win the 2023 Assembly elections (in Chhattisgarh) with a convincing majority,” stated the Rajya Sabha MP.

    In June 2021, the rivalry between the 2 Congress leaders got here to the fore after Baghel accomplished two-and-a-half years as CM.

    Singh Deo’s supporters had then claimed that as per an understanding reached in 2018, he was alleged to take over as CM after Baghel accomplished half the time period.

    Asked whether or not the Chhattisgarh polls will likely be fought beneath the management of Baghel, Ramesh stated he was not conscious of it.

    “Everybody has an individual ambition, but right now Gandhi has embarked on a Bharat Jodo Yatra. We should forget about individual ambitions. We have only one objective now, which is to make the yatra a huge success. And how to strengthen the Congress party and how to take forward the efforts of Rahul Gandhi in the last 86 days (of the cross-country march),” he stated.

    So this isn’t the time for any Congressperson to consider himself like “mera kya hoga” (what is going to occur to me?), stated the occasion General Secretary.

    Asked in regards to the Gujarat Assembly polls, the place voting within the first section (83 seats) passed off on December 1 and the second section (93 seats) is due on December 5, Ramesh stated he has not adopted the elections intently within the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state as he was busy with preparations of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, however added, individuals desire a change.

    “The fact is, in the absence of any development in education, health and with price rise, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were forced to camp in Gujarat to run a polarized and communal campaign,” he claimed.

    ALSO READ | Congress deputes AICC General Secretary Venugopal to douse disaster in Rajasthan

    Ramesh praised the Madhya Pradesh Congress management for clean conduct of the cross-country march within the state.

    The yatra, which began on September 7 from Tamil Nadu, will enter Rajasthan on December 4 after masking a distance of 380 km within the politically essential Malwa-Nimar area of western Madhya Pradesh.

    MALWA: Ahead of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra coming into Rajasthan on December 4, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday stated any answer to the management tussle within the western state to be chalked out by occasion president Mallikarjun Kharge will likely be based mostly on the precept that organisation is supreme and never a person.

    Rajasthan is witnessing an influence battle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy and rival Sachin Pilot with the acrimony between them worsening lately after the previous used the time period ‘gaddar’ (traitor) for the latter.

    Gehlot and Pilot, a former deputy CM, have been at loggerheads over chief ministership ever for the reason that Congress gained the Rajasthan polls in 2018.

    “Whatever formula Khargeji and other leaders will come up will be based only on one principle – that the organisation is supreme. So, whatever formula is implemented, it will not be implemented from the viewpoint of individual A or individual B, but from the viewpoint of the organisation,” Ramesh instructed PTI throughout a ‘stroll the discuss’ interview on Friday.

    “Whatever will be implemented will be in the interest of the organisation. It is not the question of individual A or individual B. It is the Congress party. The Congress has to be strengthened and prepared for the 2023 Assembly elections (in some states, including Rajasthan) and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls,” stated the occasion General Secretary in-charge of communications.

    Queried whether or not Gehlot (71) will settle for Pilot (45) as new Rajasthan chief minster, Ramesh stated former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has clearly stated each leaders are belongings to the occasion.

    “Gehlot is a senior and experienced leader, while Pilot is a young, popular and energetic leader. Both are assets and we need both of them in the party,” stated the previous Union minister who’s in Madhya Pradesh as a part of the Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    READ HERE | Both leaders belongings to Congress, says Rahul Gandhi on Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot

    While Gehlot has been saying that Pilot’s 2020 rebel can’t be ignored and that he doesn’t benefit from the help of a majority of the Congress MLAs, the Pilot camp has been claiming the legislators desire a change within the management in Rajasthan.

    Ramesh was main a Congress Sewa Dal march that began at 6 am in Agar Malwa district within the presence of Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh and the latter’s MLA-son Jaivardhan Singh, holding the tricolour forward of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    Asked if the “50-50 formula” will likely be carried out within the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, the place Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and well being minister TS Singh Deo are reportedly at loggerheads, Ramesh sidestepped the query and stated his occasion will win the 2023 Assembly polls within the central state.

    “See, this 50-50 formula and all I have no idea. But I can tell you the party is united and we will win the 2023 Assembly elections (in Chhattisgarh) with a convincing majority,” stated the Rajya Sabha MP.

    In June 2021, the rivalry between the 2 Congress leaders got here to the fore after Baghel accomplished two-and-a-half years as CM.

    Singh Deo’s supporters had then claimed that as per an understanding reached in 2018, he was alleged to take over as CM after Baghel accomplished half the time period.

    Asked whether or not the Chhattisgarh polls will likely be fought beneath the management of Baghel, Ramesh stated he was not conscious of it.

    “Everybody has an individual ambition, but right now Gandhi has embarked on a Bharat Jodo Yatra. We should forget about individual ambitions. We have only one objective now, which is to make the yatra a huge success. And how to strengthen the Congress party and how to take forward the efforts of Rahul Gandhi in the last 86 days (of the cross-country march),” he stated.

    So this isn’t the time for any Congressperson to consider himself like “mera kya hoga” (what is going to occur to me?), stated the occasion General Secretary.

    Asked in regards to the Gujarat Assembly polls, the place voting within the first section (83 seats) passed off on December 1 and the second section (93 seats) is due on December 5, Ramesh stated he has not adopted the elections intently within the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state as he was busy with preparations of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, however added, individuals desire a change.

    “The fact is, in the absence of any development in education, health and with price rise, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were forced to camp in Gujarat to run a polarized and communal campaign,” he claimed.

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    Ramesh praised the Madhya Pradesh Congress management for clean conduct of the cross-country march within the state.

    The yatra, which began on September 7 from Tamil Nadu, will enter Rajasthan on December 4 after masking a distance of 380 km within the politically essential Malwa-Nimar area of western Madhya Pradesh.

  • Rahul doesn’t like backseat driving, finest suited to be celebration’s ‘ideological compass’: Jairam Ramesh

    By PTI

    HYDERABAD: Rahul Gandhi doesn’t like backseat driving or asserting his authority and his best worth going ahead shall be to play the position of an ‘ideological compass’ for the Congress, senior chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned on Wednesday.

    Per week after Mallikarjun Kharge, the primary non-Gandhi president in over 24 years, took cost of the celebration, Ramesh mentioned some individuals are calling Gandhi the elephant within the room however his response is that the previous celebration chief is definitely a ‘tiger on the highway’.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh advised PTI, has been a ‘actual booster dose’ for the general public relationship of the celebration and its “two Cs”- connectivity for Gandhi and collectivity for the organisation. The most tangible impression is on Congress organisation. Congress morale is now at terribly excessive ranges. Whether it will translate into long-lasting public help is now depending on the organisation,” the senior chief mentioned.

    Ramesh, who can be strolling within the Yatra, cited thinker and thinker Albert Camus to explain Gandhi’s management type — “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me.”

    “Having known Mr. Gandhi for 18 years, and I know him fairly well, he does not like backseat driving, he does not like asserting his position or authority, he is a very democratic person,” Ramesh mentioned.

    The journey undertaken by the celebration has had a transformative impression when it comes to perceptions of Gandhi that had been “distorted very heavily” by the “BJP troll machine”, he mentioned in an interview with PTI throughout the Yatra right here.

    For him personally on the age of 68 in addition to for the celebration organisation, the Yatra is the “last throw of the dice” and a “huge gamble”, Ramesh mentioned.

    Asked what position Gandhi would play with Kharge taking up the celebration’s reins, the Congress normal secretary in-charge communications mentioned it’s as much as Kharge and Gandhi to resolve that.

    “Speaking as a Congressman, an office bearer, member of Parliament, I think Mr Rahul Gandhi’s greatest value will be to play the role of an ideological compass for the party,” he mentioned.

    Every celebration wants an ideological compass or an ethical compass, and Rahul Gandhi is ideally fitted to that position, Ramesh argued.

    “Now whether he plays that role or not is entirely between him and Mr Kharge. I can only speak for myself. I think his comparative advantage lies in playing the role of an ideological or moral compass, something like the role Mr PN Haksar (former principal secretary to PM) played vis-a-vis Mrs Indira Gandhi from 1967-73,” he mentioned.

    “Of course Mr Haksar was a backroom man whereas Mr Gandhi is very much a front room person,” he added.

    Discussing the Yatra, which began at Kanyakumari on September 7, Ramesh mentioned what it has performed very visibly is energise the Congress organisation, be it in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh or Telangana.

    “The Bharat Jodo Yatra, I would not say has opened a window of opportunity, it has opened a door of opportunity. The narrative around the Congress and Gandhi has been transformed, it is no longer a negative vilification narrative,” the senior Congress chief mentioned.

    It is a story that acknowledges that that is fairly a novel try at mass contact, Ramesh mentioned.

    Asked if Gandhi has been a revelation throughout the Yatra, Ramesh mentioned, “I would not say revelation, it is a revelation for the people who vilified him, who ran him down. It is the real person who is covering 22 km every day. So it is not a new Rahul, it is the real Rahul that has come out.”

    There was a marketing campaign ever since 2009 — when the Congress got here again with a heightened majority — to break, vilify, malign and defame him, and in addition the Congress celebration, he mentioned.

    “The election defeat in 2014 and 2019, I don’t think the blame is his (Gandhi). The defeat certainly affected his public persona and the fact that he lost from Amethi as well. What this Yatra has done is that it has given an opportunity for Rahul Gandhi to have an unmediated connection with the people without the media. He does not have a spin machine around him, he is walking 22-23 km daily meeting thousands of people and interacting with a variety of organisations. There is no doubt that post-Bharat Jodo Yatra Rahul Gandhi would be seen dramatically differently both within the organisation and outside as well,” Ramesh mentioned.

    “What I find interesting is that by and large nine of the 10 critics who vilified Gandhi have changed their view or have kept quiet.”

    He dismissed options that the Congress was solely focussed on the Yatra and never on the upcoming meeting polls, saying the celebration organisation was in place and whereas Ashok Gehlot was main the cost in Gujarat, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was doing so in Himachal Pradesh.

    If Rahul Gandhi known as upon to marketing campaign, he would take a few days off and go for the marketing campaign, he added.

    Ramesh additionally rejected claims that the Congress is robust within the South and weak within the North.

    The Congress after having gone via the Covid pandemic is now going via Yatra-itis’, he mentioned, citing the principle Yatra and sub-Yatras being held in numerous states.

    Asked in regards to the impression the Yatra would have in the long term, Ramesh mentioned it is determined by the organisation and the kind of modifications AICC chief Kharge and his group are in a position to put in place.

    “It is not a magic wand, as I said, It is a booster dose. We keep needing booster doses from time to time. This I think is the first real meaningful booster dose after a long time,” he mentioned.

    On whether or not the celebration was on the trail to revival on the highway to 2024 normal elections, Ramesh mentioned he could be very circumspect as he believed within the Narayana Murthy mannequin of administration which is beneath promise and overachieve.

    “I am not going to take a gigantic leap and say the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a metamorphosis for 2024, it is a long haul, we have very many deep challenges that we have to confront, it is an opportunity that has been opened,” he mentioned.

    HYDERABAD: Rahul Gandhi doesn’t like backseat driving or asserting his authority and his best worth going ahead shall be to play the position of an ‘ideological compass’ for the Congress, senior chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned on Wednesday.

    Per week after Mallikarjun Kharge, the primary non-Gandhi president in over 24 years, took cost of the celebration, Ramesh mentioned some individuals are calling Gandhi the elephant within the room however his response is that the previous celebration chief is definitely a ‘tiger on the highway’.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh advised PTI, has been a ‘actual booster dose’ for the general public relationship of the celebration and its “two Cs”- connectivity for Gandhi and collectivity for the organisation. The most tangible impression is on Congress organisation. Congress morale is now at terribly excessive ranges. Whether it will translate into long-lasting public help is now depending on the organisation,” the senior chief mentioned.

    Ramesh, who can be strolling within the Yatra, cited thinker and thinker Albert Camus to explain Gandhi’s management type — “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me.”

    “Having known Mr. Gandhi for 18 years, and I know him fairly well, he does not like backseat driving, he does not like asserting his position or authority, he is a very democratic person,” Ramesh mentioned.

    The journey undertaken by the celebration has had a transformative impression when it comes to perceptions of Gandhi that had been “distorted very heavily” by the “BJP troll machine”, he mentioned in an interview with PTI throughout the Yatra right here.

    For him personally on the age of 68 in addition to for the celebration organisation, the Yatra is the “last throw of the dice” and a “huge gamble”, Ramesh mentioned.

    Asked what position Gandhi would play with Kharge taking up the celebration’s reins, the Congress normal secretary in-charge communications mentioned it’s as much as Kharge and Gandhi to resolve that.

    “Speaking as a Congressman, an office bearer, member of Parliament, I think Mr Rahul Gandhi’s greatest value will be to play the role of an ideological compass for the party,” he mentioned.

    Every celebration wants an ideological compass or an ethical compass, and Rahul Gandhi is ideally fitted to that position, Ramesh argued.

    “Now whether he plays that role or not is entirely between him and Mr Kharge. I can only speak for myself. I think his comparative advantage lies in playing the role of an ideological or moral compass, something like the role Mr PN Haksar (former principal secretary to PM) played vis-a-vis Mrs Indira Gandhi from 1967-73,” he mentioned.

    “Of course Mr Haksar was a backroom man whereas Mr Gandhi is very much a front room person,” he added.

    Discussing the Yatra, which began at Kanyakumari on September 7, Ramesh mentioned what it has performed very visibly is energise the Congress organisation, be it in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh or Telangana.

    “The Bharat Jodo Yatra, I would not say has opened a window of opportunity, it has opened a door of opportunity. The narrative around the Congress and Gandhi has been transformed, it is no longer a negative vilification narrative,” the senior Congress chief mentioned.

    It is a story that acknowledges that that is fairly a novel try at mass contact, Ramesh mentioned.

    Asked if Gandhi has been a revelation throughout the Yatra, Ramesh mentioned, “I would not say revelation, it is a revelation for the people who vilified him, who ran him down. It is the real person who is covering 22 km every day. So it is not a new Rahul, it is the real Rahul that has come out.”

    There was a marketing campaign ever since 2009 — when the Congress got here again with a heightened majority — to break, vilify, malign and defame him, and in addition the Congress celebration, he mentioned.

    “The election defeat in 2014 and 2019, I don’t think the blame is his (Gandhi). The defeat certainly affected his public persona and the fact that he lost from Amethi as well. What this Yatra has done is that it has given an opportunity for Rahul Gandhi to have an unmediated connection with the people without the media. He does not have a spin machine around him, he is walking 22-23 km daily meeting thousands of people and interacting with a variety of organisations. There is no doubt that post-Bharat Jodo Yatra Rahul Gandhi would be seen dramatically differently both within the organisation and outside as well,” Ramesh mentioned.

    “What I find interesting is that by and large nine of the 10 critics who vilified Gandhi have changed their view or have kept quiet.”

    He dismissed options that the Congress was solely focussed on the Yatra and never on the upcoming meeting polls, saying the celebration organisation was in place and whereas Ashok Gehlot was main the cost in Gujarat, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was doing so in Himachal Pradesh.

    If Rahul Gandhi known as upon to marketing campaign, he would take a few days off and go for the marketing campaign, he added.

    Ramesh additionally rejected claims that the Congress is robust within the South and weak within the North.

    The Congress after having gone via the Covid pandemic is now going via Yatra-itis’, he mentioned, citing the principle Yatra and sub-Yatras being held in numerous states.

    Asked in regards to the impression the Yatra would have in the long term, Ramesh mentioned it is determined by the organisation and the kind of modifications AICC chief Kharge and his group are in a position to put in place.

    “It is not a magic wand, as I said, It is a booster dose. We keep needing booster doses from time to time. This I think is the first real meaningful booster dose after a long time,” he mentioned.

    On whether or not the celebration was on the trail to revival on the highway to 2024 normal elections, Ramesh mentioned he could be very circumspect as he believed within the Narayana Murthy mannequin of administration which is beneath promise and overachieve.

    “I am not going to take a gigantic leap and say the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a metamorphosis for 2024, it is a long haul, we have very many deep challenges that we have to confront, it is an opportunity that has been opened,” he mentioned.