‘Robust choices’ should be taken to strengthen Congress: Kharge
Rahul Gandhi urged Kharge to “crack the whip” within the wake of poor outcomes for the get together. He additionally stated the Congress was an organisation of resistance and get together leaders ought to place confidence in it.
Throughout the deliberations, some leaders criticised those that went in opposition to the get together chief’s stand in opposition to EVMs and stated they need to achieve this because it undermined the management and points raised.
Senior Congress chief P. Chidambaram had spoken in favour of EVMs after Kharge raised doubts about EVMs and the ballot course of.
Get together normal secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh stated there shall be a motion and rallies on the considerations over the electoral course of and INDIA boc events would be part of it.
The CWC, which met amid the continued Winter Session of Parliament, stated the session has been a washout up to now due to the Narendra Modi authorities’s “cussed refusal” to have a right away dialogue on three urgent nationwide points — “the latest revelations concerning corruption by a enterprise group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal”.
Requested why the decision doesn’t title the enterprise group, Congress chief Ramesh stated, “The reply is the Adani group”.
Addressing a press convention together with Ramesh and Pawan Khera, get together normal secretary, organisation, Ok.C. Venugopal stated the CWC has determined to represent inner committees to look into electoral efficiency and organisational issues.
He stated that after Haryana, panel members would additionally go to Maharashtra to talk to leaders and staff there and assess the losses.
In regards to the Maharashtra Meeting polls outcomes, Venugopal stated the electoral consequence within the state was “past regular understanding and it seems to be a transparent case of focused manipulation”.
The CWC decision alleged the prime minister has “abdicated” all duty and has not visited violence-hit Manipur since Might 2023. It additionally claimed there have been “systematic makes an attempt of the BJP to foment communal tensions in numerous states, most not too long ago in Uttar Pradesh”.
The CWC reiterated its firmest dedication to the letter and spirit of the Locations of Worship (Particular Provisions) Act, 1991, which was being “violated openly by the BJP”.
The Locations of Worship (Particular Provisions) Act prohibits change of character of non secular locations as they existed as on 15 August 1947.
Nonetheless, the Supreme Court docket had famous that it had earlier handled the Act in its 2019 Ayodhya verdict and one of many regulation’s provisions, Part 3, didn’t expressly bar ascertaining the spiritual character of the place of worship.
Acknowledging that Congress’ efficiency in Haryana has been opposite to all expectations, the CWC decision stated, “There have been electoral malpractices which have influenced the end result within the state which have been neglected.”
