NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of spreading hatred and anger and said the Congress was the only party that would take the country forward by fostering an environment of amity and love. In his brief inaugural address at the 84th Congress Plenary session Gandhi said the Congress s hand (election symbol) is the only one that would unite India and take it forward and reminded partymen that it followed the ideology of love. The difference between the BJP and the Congress was that while they spread anger and hatred we spread love and brotherhood he said. He also said that the Congress party under him would take the seniors and the youths together as the tradition of the Congress party was to embrace change without forgetting its past and legacy. If the youths have to take the Congress forward it cannot be done without the experience the party veterans. My task is to be take them together he said. Representatives of the party have fought hard to keep the Congress ideology alive. Senior leaders of the Congress will guide the youths and take the party forward he added. Taking a jibe at the present dispensation Gandhi said that crores of youths in the country looking up to Modi are not finding any anything as there were no jobs. The country is tired of what is happening under the current government. Only the Congress party can show the way and heal divisions in the nation he said. Come what may this country belongs to everyone every religion every caste and every person and the Congress party is for everyone and we will not leave anyone behind he added. The two-day plenary session is being attended by senior Congress leaders including former party president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh.
.story-content span .story-content p .story-content div color:#000!important;font-family: open sans Arial!important;font-size:15px!important ALSO READ Rahul Gandhi s Congress campaign taking a leaf out of Trump s US prez bid? If the Congress returns to power in 2019 can P Chidambaram be PM? Sonia dinner: 20 Opposition leaders weigh Modi threat; top 10 developments Modi s One Nation One Election : Death knell for cooperative federalism? span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched an all-out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his pre-poll promises of combating corruption and ensuring inclusive development were only dramebazi and a trick to grab power. Gandhi in her address at the 84th Congress Plenary Session gave a clarion call to the partymen to be ready for any kind of sacrifice to strengthen the party and to make the county free from discrimination vendetta politics and arrogance. She called upon them to forcefully fight against the challenges posed by the present dispensation and asked them to mount a struggle to free the country from the fear of power. The slogans of sab ka saath sab ka vikas and na khaoonga na khaane doonga are only and only dramebazi (drama) and a trick to grab power she said referring to Modi s promises of inclusive development and corruption-free governance. She said that the Congress was fighting the tyrannical Modi government and the people have begun to realise that the promises made by the BJP in 2014 were hollow. Under the leadership of former PM Manmohan Singh the economy of this country flourished. Our government formed policies which lifted millions of people from poverty. And today the Modi government is weakening these policies she said. Gandhi said the present dispensation was using all means to be in power. But the Congress has and will never bow before the power of arrogance of this government which has launched vendetta against its opponents she said. The Congress parliamentary party chief said the party was exposing the frauds of the Modi government with proof. 40 years back Indira s Ji s stunning victory in Chikmagalur turned around Indian politics once again our party must give a similar performance: Sonia Gandhi at #CongressPlenarySession pic.twitter.com/daIgWLcBh2 ANI (@ANI) March 17 2018 ALSO READ: Modi paying Rs 11 bn extra per Rafale jet while army begs for money: Rahul 1. Sachin Pilot says under Rahul Congress will win 2019 polls To those who challenge us I would say... as of now we have won by-polls under leadership of Rahul Gandhi soon you ll see us winning states and in 2019 Congress will win the elections: Sachin Pilot at Congress Plenary Session 2. Rahul Gandhi says only Congress can unite India This is the only symbol (Congress party symbol) that can unite the nation and take it forward: Rahul Gandhi at Congress Plenary Session in Delhi. They (BJP) uses anger we use love but one thing that I want to say is that this country belongs to everyone and whatever Congress will do will be for the benefit for all: Rahul Gandhi. The nation is tired and looking for a way out only Congress can show the way ahead: Rahul Gandhi Visuals from Congress Plenary Session underway at #Delhi s Indira Gandhi Stadium. pic.twitter.com/FjK3u987Y2 ANI (@ANI) March 17 2018 3. With your (party members & workers) blessings and cooperation we will once again win Karnataka your help is needed the way BJP and RSS workers go door-to-door the same way you also help us in Karnataka: Mallikarjun Kharge at Congress Plenary Session. Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi Manmohan Singh and other Congress leaders at 84th Plenary session of Indian National Congress in New Delhi: BS Photo by Sanjay K Sharma 4. Topics of discussion during plenary session This plenary will decide the vision and direction and the way forward of the Congress for the next five years Randeep Singh Surjewala said adding that agriculture employment poverty alleviation national security foreign policy and economy will be discussed. What is the present condition what is the future what is Congress s vision on these issues. How the party will solve the problems of the farmers how to generate employment new steps for poverty alleviation how to improve the economic condition he said. Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi & Manmohan Singh at #Delhi s Indira Gandhi Stadium for Congress plenary session. pic.twitter.com/0QtEdWENym ANI (@ANI) March 17 2018 5. The subjects committee comprises of the members of party s steering committee Congress legislative party leaders state Congress chiefs office-bearers of the parliamentary party chiefs of frontal organisations and heads of sub-committees that have formulated the plenary resolutions. Welcome delegates and distinguished guests to the #CongressPlenary. Over the next two days I look forward to interacting with you and to sharing experiences and perspectives that will together help us build a stronger more vibrant Congress party. Jai Hind. Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 17 2018 ALSO READ: India is rising against you Rahul tells Modi 6. India is rising against you Rahul tells Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi who spoke at the Rising India Summit here saying the country was rising against him . Modiji those were some fancy power point slides. A quick word of advice: You re right about Rising India. One small issue - it s rising against you Gandhi said in a tweet. Modi Ji those were some fancy power point slides. A quick word of advice: You re right about Rising India. One small issue - it s rising against you. #News18RisingIndia Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 16 2018 7. Who will Modi target next asks Rahul Rahul Gandhi attacked the Narendra Modi government for targeting opposition leaders including RJD leader Lalu Prasad using the CBI to intimidate and harass them and asked who the next target will be. The BJP government uses the CBI to target key opposition politicians to intimidate and harass them. Now a news report reveals how the CBI was pressured to file a case against @laluprasadrjd ignoring the advice of its own legal team. Who will Modiji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) target next? tweeted Gandhi adding hashtag #VendettaPolitics. ALSO READ: For Modi recent bypoll verdict is bad news but so it is for Rahul as well 8. Randeep Singh Surjewala backs Rahul Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that his party unequivocally condemns any act of political vendetta indulged by the Modi government. Now that the BJP has only few months left in power it should count its days and be ready to face the people s wrath he said adding that denigrating the credibility of institutions by misusing them to target political opponents is the sole agenda of the Modi government . Media reports suggest that the Directorate of Prosecution which is the CBI s legal wing and the Economic Offences Division of the CBI have different opinions on filing an FIR in a case against former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad. This chasm within the CBI has surfaced when the Modi government has left no stone unturned to file series of cases against their political opponents. CBI clearly has become a Captive Bureau of Investigation in the hands of the Modi government he added. 9. Opposition parties united to pass no-confidence motion against Modi government An overwhelming majority of opposition parties have extended tactical support to the Andhra Pradesh rivals YSR Congress and TDP who are together pushing for a no-confidence motion against the Modi government over the non-implementation of the promised special category status for the post-bifurcation Andhra Pradesh. Even Congress which has no love lost for the YSR Congress and TDP the two parties that have reduced the Grand Old Party to a corner in its once political fortress of Andhra Pradesh was more vociferous than others in extending support to the move for a no-confidence motion. 10. Although the opposition parties are fully aware of the Modi government s numerical strength in the House they feel that the government will be compelled to take action. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee who is eyeing regional parties for a federal front tweeted I welcome the TDP s decision to leave the NDA. The current situation warrants such action to save the country from disaster.
NEW DELHI: Congress attacked the BJP government for inflaming communal passions and sought to make a political point by differentiating the political ideology of Hindutva that was being misrepresented as Hinduism a deliberate blurring to stoke social disharmony. Making a distinction between the two Congress s political resolution said the essence of Hinduism is all encompassing upholder of humane values and our composite culture which must be distinguished from BJP-RSS Hindutva. The explanation diverged from Congress s traditional criticism of the rival which followed a communal vs secular theme and seems to reflect concern that it should not be branded anti-majority an apprehension expressed by party leader Sonia Gandhi recently when she said BJP had managed to paint Congress as a Muslim party . While the diagnosis was first made by veteran A K Antony in the wake of Congress s decimation in 2014 polls when he said the party was seen as pro-minority and needed to course-orrect Sonia Gandhi last week junked nuances to articulate the issue in blunt terms. Speaking at a convention Sonia listed many reasons for Congress s fall and stated BJP has managed to convince people to persuade people that Congress is a Muslim party. In my party the great majority is Hindu. Yes there are Muslims too. So I fail to understand this branding of us as a Muslim party. In recent months Congress has taken steps to blunt BJP s manipulation of perception . Rahul Gandhi s visits to temples during Gujarat elections in late 2017 and his decision to start the campaign for Karnataka polls with visits to Hindu shrines are seen as designed to preempt the saffron strategy.
MUMBAI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi s meeting with NCP chief Sharad Pawar hours after the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Lok Sabha bypoll results were announced shows that the Congress leadership is serious on forging a bigger alliance of opposition parties the NCP said today. In a major blow to the BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections the saffron party was trounced in the bypolls to three Lok Sabha seats including the citadel of Yogi Adityanath s Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Rahul Gandhi has started meeting various party leaders and began this practice by meeting Pawar saheb. The Congress president is meeting party presidents who are senior to him NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said. Despite the Congress being the bigger party Rahul Gandhi has started meeting leaders of other parties. This shows they (Congress) are serious on making a bigger alliance Malik a former Maharashtra minister told PTI here. The NCP leader said Rahul Gandhi wants that Pawar saheb should bring in more people (parties) in the country under the UPA fold. Adityanath who termed the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samajwadi Party alliance as one of snake and mongoose had said over-confidence and inability to understand the electoral understanding between the SP and the BSP led to the defeat in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats. In Bihar the Rashtriya Janata Dal retained Araria Lok Sabha seat and Jehanabad Assembly constituency while the BJP held on to Bhabua. Rahul Gandhi had received some praise from Pawar last month who said the Congress party chief was showing an inclination to learn and understand the issues facing the nation. Asked if the Shiv Sena the BJP s bickering alliance partner will withdraw support to the Narendra Modi government like the TDP did Malik said the Sena won t part ways with the BJP-led government. They (Sena) are just bargaining. They don t have the courage to go solo the NCP leader said. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today ended its four-year-old alliance with the BJP and walked out of the NDA eight days after two of its Union ministers resigned over the Centre s refusal to grant Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh.
NEW DELHI: Hours after the Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha bypoll results were announced Congress president Rahul Gandhi met NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday evening presumably to discuss the possibility of a united front. Samajwadi Party winning both the bypoll seats of Phulpur and Gorakhpur will no doubt prove to be a morale booster for all those seeking to halt the momentum of the BJP which following the recent northeast assembly election results appeared to be looking invincible. Rahul had received some praise from the NCP leader last month who said the Congress party chief was showing an inclination to learn and understand the issues facing the nation. Read also: Brand Yogi takes a beating in home test A day before the results were announced in more signs that efforts were on in full swing to unite against a common enemy 20 opposition parties came together at a dinner hosted by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday. The dinner was the first concrete attempt to forge an anti-BJP alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Sharad Pawar was among those who attended the dinner party along with leaders of Trinamool Congress Samajwadi Party Bahujan Samaj Party DMK RJD JMM and the Left among others. In the absence of Mamata Banerjee the TMC was represented by Sudip Bandopadhyay. Rahul Gandhi former PM Manmohan Singh Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel were among the Congress biggies who were present in the lawns of 10 Janpath.
.story-content span .story-content p .story-content div color:#000!important;font-family: open sans Arial!important;font-size:15px!important ALSO READ From Modi to non-Gandhi Congress chief: Highlights of Sonia Gandhi s speech Sonia: Congress may be led by someone outside Nehru-Gandhi clan; highlights Mission 2019: Sonia Gandhi hosts dinner for Opposition parties Reminiscent of her lunch in Feb 2004 Sonia hosts dinner for Oppn leaders Sonia Gandhi to retire may pave way for Priyanka s electoral debut in 2019 span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 The Congress and various Opposition parties might be gearing up for Mission 2019 -- how to take on the Narendra Modi- and Amit Shah-led electoral juggernaut the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The leaders of 20 Opposition parties on Tuesday attended the dinner hosted by United Progress Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her official residence. The political leaders were reportedly there to explore the possibility of forging a broader alliance among secular parties ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Samajwadi Party Bahujan Samaj Party Trinamool Congress Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Left parties among others attended the dinner sources told news agencies. The dinner diplomacy was reminiscent of the lunch Sonia Gandhi had hosted for Opposition leaders on February 5 2004 after the Atal Behari Vajpayee-led government had cut short the duration of that Lok Sabha. The dinner took place against the backdrop of a standoff between the government and the Opposition in Parliament which has seen continuous disruptions since the start of the second half of the Budget session on March 5. How fruitful was the dinner diplomacy? At least according to Rahul Gandhi the meeting was fabulous . The Congress president said there was much political talk during the meeting adding that the leaders reflected tremendous positive energy warmth and genuine affection. However not all of the country s political players were present at the dinner meeting. The Aam Aadmi Party the YSR Congress Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti were not invited. The Biju Janata Dal was also not represented. The TRS was an ally of the Congress in 2004 and is now its rival and the ruling party in Telangana. Besides Rahul Gandhi former prime minister Manmohan Singh Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge were among those present. Party leaders Ahmed Patel and A K Antony also attended the dinner. Here are the top 10 developments regarding United Progress Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi s dinner meeting and political outreach: 1) Sonia to lead the charge: By hosting Tuesday s dinner Sonia Gandhi indicated that she not Congress President Rahul Gandhi would lead the effort to build a broad unity of like-minded parties to take on Narendra Modi and the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. 2) Sharad Pawar Ram Gopal Yadav present at party: The prominent leaders in attendance were NCP s Sharad Pawar SP s Ram Gopal Yadav BSP s Satish Chandra Mishra and former chief ministers Omar Abdullah Babulal Marandi Hemant Soren and Jitan Ram Manjhi besides JD(U) s Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal s (RLD s) Ajit Singh. The RJD was represented by party chief Lalu Prasad s two children -- former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti. 3) Leaders from the Left South and Bengal also attended: It wasn t just leaders from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh who were in attendance. The other leaders present at the dinner included All India Trinamool Congress (TMC s) Sudip Bandyopadhyay Communist Party of India-Marxist s (CPI-M s) D Raja and Mohammad Salim DMK s Kanimozhi All India United Democratic Front s (AIUDF s) Baddrauddin Ajmal and leaders of Kerala Congress besides Kupender Reddy of the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S). ALSO READ: From Modi to non-Gandhi Congress chief: Highlights of Sonia Gandhi s speech 4) First step towards 2019 Lok Sabha polls alliance : Later Tejashwi Yadav and Sharad Yadav told news agencies that Sonia Gandhi s dinner meeting was the first step towards a comprehensive alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However when he was asked if there was a consensus on Rahul Gandhi s leadership of the probable Opposition alliance Tejashwi said The time has not yet come to decide on the prime ministerial candidate. Referring to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) pulling out of the Modi government Tejashwi said that Opposition parties were getting together while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was breaking apart . The dinner diplomacy took place at Sonia Gandhi s 10 Janpath residence where the leaders discussed the possibility of Opposition parties getting together on one platform to defeat the Narendra Modi-led BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections according to sources. ALSO READ: Mission 2019: Sonia Gandhi hosts dinner for Opposition parties 5) Rahul says tremendous positive energy : Congress President Rahul Gandhi later said there was much political talk during the dinner meeting. After the dinner meeting Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that there was positive energy and genuine affection during dinner. Rahul took to Twitter and wrote: Fabulous dinner tonight hosted by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi Ji. An opportunity for leaders from different political parties to meet and bond informally. Much political talk but much more important - tremendous positive energy warmth and genuine affection. Fabulous dinner tonight hosted by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi Ji. An opportunity for leaders from different political parties to meet and bond informally. Much political talk but much more important - tremendous positive energy warmth and genuine affection. pic.twitter.com/IxaAm7UPoI Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) March 13 2018 ALSO READ: Sonia: Congress may be led by someone outside Nehru-Gandhi clan; highlights 6) Sonia called meeting to build unity of purpose : Congress communications incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala who was present at the event said that the dinner shouldn t be seen as an effort to build an electoral alliance. Instead according to Surjewala Sonia Gandhi hosted the dinner to discuss issues that face the nation and to build unity of purpose. It is natural that the leaders will discuss the government s disinterest in ensuring Parliament functions the agrarian crisis and joblessness of youth he said. Surjewala added that the Congress has ideological differences with several of the political parties represented at the dinner. However the need of the hour was to demand accountability from the government on issues facing the country including on corruption and bank fraud he said. Leaders from a cross section of parties registered their presence at the dinner. pic.twitter.com/u3McC9TUer Congress (@INCIndia) March 13 2018 ALSO READ: Knew Manmohan Singh would be a better prime minister than me: Sonia Gandhi 7) Leaders discussed how to fix Modi-led government s accountability: Surjewala told reporters that the leaders present at the dinner discussed ways to fix the Narendra Modi-led government s accountability in Parliament. He accused the government of running away from debate in Parliament on the Rs 127-billion Punjab National Bank fraud case and for also failing to tackle unemployment and problems of farmers. When the government does not have interest to run Parliament then it is natural that leaders of Opposition parties who are concerned about the problems faced by the people will discuss the country s politics. There will be unofficial discussion on how to fix accountability of the government he said. ALSO READ: Rahul hails Sonia s dinner https://www.hackerrank.com/d4interactivebng?hr_r=1 for its positivity scope for Opposition to bond 8) Political dinner without political talks : Left and TMC leaders present at the dinner said that it was certainly a political dinner without political talks . It was a political dinner. But there were no political talks. It was a show of strength by the non-BJP parties a Left leader told news agencies. It was a political dinner but there were no political talks. Sonia Gandhi asked me why Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister) didn t come. I told her it was because of her prior commitments said TMC leader in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay. 9) Sharad Pawar to host Opposition meet by the end of March: The show of Opposition unity will not stop at Sonia Gandhi s dinner. Instead it will continue at NCP chief Sharad Pawar s residence at the end of March senior NCP leaders have said. Top NCP sources have said that Pawar has called a meet of all Opposition leaders including the Congress to discuss a strategy for the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections. NCP leader Praful Patel has already met Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata and invited her to attend the meet. After the meeting with Banerjee last week Patel had told reporters that the idea of having a federal front in the future was discussed between them. According to TMC sources Banerjee who was not able to attend Gandhi s dinner due to prior commitments has confirmed her attendance at Pawar s meeting. 10) History repeats itself: Sonia Gandhi s dinner diplomacy was reminiscent of the lunch she had hosted for Opposition leaders on February 5 2004 after the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government had cut short the duration of that Lok Sabha and had announced early elections. With agency inputs
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