Congress president slams PM for ‘brutalising minorities’, keeping country in polarisation state
Sonia Gandhi with senior party leaders, at the Chintan Shivir in Udaipur on Friday. Pics/ANI
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday called for urgent reforms in the party as “extraordinary situations demand extraordinary action” and also launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of keeping the country in a state of permanent polarisation, “brutalising” minorities and “threatening” political opponents. Launching the three-day brainstorming conclave, she said the party will have to change its style of functioning and urged them to keep the organisation above their personal ambitions and pay back their debt to the party as it had given a lot to everyone. She urged around 450 delegates to deliberate with an open mind but send out a single message of a strong organisation, resolve and unity.
At the three-day brainstorming conclave, which started on Friday, Sonia urged party leaders to keep the organisation above their personal ambitions and pay back their debt to the party as it had given a lot to everyone.
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Leaders at the brainstorming session
She urged around 450 delegates to deliberate with an open mind but send out a single message of a strong organisation, resolve and unity.
“In one way this (Congress transformation) is the most fundamental issue. Our revival is only possible through collective efforts. Such collective efforts will not be deferred. This Shivir is the start of the journey,” Gandhi said.
Cong’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Anand Sharma greet each other in Udaipur on Friday. Pic/ANI
“The circumstances before our organisation are unprecedented. Extraordinary situations demand extraordinary action. I am fully alert to this. The organisation has to bring changes within itself, not just to stay alive but to move forward. We are in dire need of improvement and changing strategy,” she also said.
She stressed that the Congress’s revival would only happen with grand collective efforts and those cannot be put off.
One family, one ticket
The party is likely to enforce the One family, one ticket formula granting exemption to only another family member who has been doing “exemplary work” for the party for a period of at least five years. The other major organisational reforms being considered include establishing mandal committees between booth and block level in the organisation, 50 percent representation to those below 50 years of age in party committees at all levels, and fixing the maximum of five years tenure for party positions with a cooling off period.
She said, it has become “painfully clear” what Modi and his colleagues really mean by their slogan ‘maximum governance minimum government’. “It means keeping the country in a state of permanent polarisation, compelling people to live in a constant state of fear and insecurity,” she said.
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No. of seats Cong won in recent UP polls
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