Want To Filter Out These Congress Leaders Who…’: Rahul Gandhi’s Stern Warning To Employees In Gujarat | India Information
Lok Sabha LoP and senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who’s on a two-day go to to Gujarat, mentioned on Saturday that his social gathering wanted to filter out leaders and staff working for the BJP and warned of strict motion, even removals.
Whereas addressing Congress staff on the second day of his two-day Gujarat go to, the Lok Sabha LoP asserted that the social gathering’s first job was to separate two teams of Congress staff and leaders—ones who carry the social gathering ideology of their hearts and stand with the general public and the others who had been lower off from the general public, “half of whom are with the BJP.”
With eyes on the upcoming 2027 Meeting polls in Gujarat, thought-about a bastion of the saffron social gathering, Rahul Gandhi is on a go to to the state to evaluate preparations within the run-up to the elections. Through the go to, Gandhi hinted at a serious overhaul within the social gathering’s state unit and warranted a powerful plan to defeat the BJP.
“There are two kinds of folks within the Gujarat Congress management and amongst staff. Those that are trustworthy with folks, battle for them, respect them, and have the ideology of the Congress of their coronary heart. And the others who’re lower off from the folks sit distant, don’t respect them, and half of whom are with the BJP,” he mentioned.
The previous Congress chief mentioned the grand previous social gathering’s first job must be to filter these two teams, even when it means taking strict motion of eradicating folks. Till the 2 teams are separated, the folks of Gujarat won’t consider within the social gathering, he mentioned.
“For our district, block presidents and senior leaders, the social gathering ought to discover a place of their hearts. They need to carry Congress of their blood. Put the difficulty of successful and shedding the elections apart. As quickly as we do this, the folks of Gujarat wish to be a part of our group, and we’ll open the door for them,” he mentioned. He claimed that the folks of the state are trapped, and the diamond, textile, and ceramic industries are in shambles.
“Have a look at farmers of Gujarat. They’re screaming for a brand new imaginative and prescient. The imaginative and prescient of the final 20-25 years has failed, and Congress can present this imaginative and prescient simply. However this isn’t doable except these two kinds of persons are filtered,” he mentioned.
He mentioned Gujarat needs to maneuver ahead however is unable to see the way in which forward, and the Congress is unable to indicate it the way in which. “I’m not talking out of disgrace or worry, however I need to put this earlier than you—we’re unable to indicate Gujarat the way in which,” Gandhi mentioned.
He identified that Congress has been out of energy in Gujarat for over three a long time, and every time he visits the state, the discussions revolve round elections.
“However the query is just not about elections. Until we fulfill our duties, the folks of Gujarat won’t allow us to win the elections. And we should always not ask the folks to offer us the federal government until we fulfill our duties. The day we’ve got fulfilled our duties, I can assure that each one the folks of Gujarat will assist us,” he mentioned.
Gandhi mentioned Congress has not been in a position to fulfill expectations Gujarat had from its leaders for the final 30 years. Gujarat gave the Congress its authentic management, mind-set, preventing, and dwelling in Mahatma Gandhi, he mentioned. “With out Gandhi, Congress wouldn’t have been in a position to get independence for the nation,” he mentioned, including that Sardar Patel, one of many 5 biggest leaders of the Congress, additionally hailed from Gujarat.
Gandhi, on the primary day of his go to on Friday, had held conferences with social gathering leaders and district and block-level presidents. The upcoming All India Congress Committee (AICC) session is scheduled to be held in Ahmedabad on April 8-9. It will likely be held within the state after 64 years.
Within the 2022 Gujarat meeting elections, the Congress gained solely 17 of the 182 seats within the state. Nevertheless, the social gathering’s power within the Home dropped to 12 after the resignation of 5 MLAs.
(With PTI Inputs)
