Nava Raipur: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Saturday stated the Congress needs to be completely clear in its ideological stance in favour of an inclusive India and identified that the social gathering might have been extra vocal on points such because the Bilkis Bano outrage and homicide within the identify of cow vigilantism. Addressing the eighty fifth plenary session of the social gathering right here, the previous Union minister stated the Congress ought to get up for its foundational rules.
“We should be absolutely clear in our ideological stance in favour of inclusive India. The tendency to downplay some positions or avoid taking a stand on some issues in order not to alienate what we assume to be the sentiments of the majority only plays into the BJP’s hands,” Tharoor stated.
We needs to be completely clear in our ideological stance in favour of an inclusive India. Protecting our range and pluralism needs to be the Congress’ core message. We ought to define a progressive financial coverage agenda to finish this unacceptable inequality.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) February 25, 2023
“We must have the courage of our convictions. We could have been more vocal on the Bilkis Bano outrage, attacks on Christian churches, murder in the name of cow vigilantism, bulldozer demolition of Muslim homes and similar issues,” he stated.
These are Indian residents who look to the social gathering for help, Tharoor added.
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— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) February 25, 2023
The Bilkis Bano case
Last 12 months in August, all 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment within the 2002 post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape case walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat authorities allowed their launch below its remission coverage, triggering outrage from varied sections, together with the Congress.
He asserted that India belongs to all and if the social gathering doesn’t communicate up in such instances, it is just surrendering its core duty of standing up for India’s range and pluralism which needs to be central to the Congress core message.
He stated each effort have to be made to strengthen the secular foundations of the nation.
“The fact is that India’s future is bright as long as the Congress fights the good fight,” Tharoor stated. He additionally hailed the Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying it has revived the boldness of the social gathering cadre.
“From here let us send out a message of Congress jodo,” Tharoor stated.
Economic decision handed on 2nd day of plenary
Speaking on the financial decision handed on the second day of the three-day plenary, Tharoor stated it ought to define the weather of a progressive financial agenda that addresses head-on the problem of unacceptable financial inequality.
“We want economic growth but we must ensure that the fruits of that growth reach the poor and the marginalised. India will not shine until it shines for all,” he burdened. The former minister of state for exterior affairs and the convenor of the social gathering’s sub-group on overseas affairs for the plenary additionally stated coverage has lengthy been seen as an are of nationwide consensus.
“There was no Congress foreign policy or BJP foreign policy only Indian foreign policy and Indian national interest. This tradition has sadly been undermined by the (Narendra) Modi government,” Tharoor stated.
Centre refuses to tell nation of viral overseas coverage situation: Tharoor
Tharoor additionally criticised the federal government, saying it refuses to take the nation into confidence on very important overseas coverage points, together with what is occurring on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
“It is shocking to hear our foreign minister imply that China is too rich to stand up to. We must demand that Parliament be taken into confidence, that the nation be told what is our thinking about our vital foreign policy interests,” he stated.
Foreign coverage should once more return to being a consensual nationwide endeavour with bipartisan settlement and help, he asserted.
India-China border state of affairs
In its decision on overseas affairs handed on the session, the Congress expressed its deep concern in regards to the prevailing state of affairs on the LAC between India and China.
“The prevailing situation is indicative of a substantial deterioration from the assiduously-repaired relations developed under prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Narasimha Rao and Dr Manmohan Singh. We firmly believe that we have a duty to stand up for India’s security and territorial sovereignty, which the BJP government has failed to do,” the social gathering stated.
“When it comes to the safety of our brave jawans and the integrity of our territory, the INC (Indian National Congress) unreservedly supports the army and the government,” it stated.
The Congress alleged that the federal government has did not take the folks of India into confidence in regards to the “repeated transgressions” by the Chinese army at varied factors throughout the LAC, whereas it continues to interact with China in an “unstructured manner”.
“This has emboldened China to be even more aggressive. India needs to communicate this clearly without obfuscation, and urgently enhance capabilities to deter China from attempting any military coercion along the LAC,” it stated.
At the identical time, the guiding rules enshrined within the 2005 India-China settlement on the boundary situation should be strongly reaffirmed in any engagement with China, the decision stated.
Finally, any and all measures should be undertaken to defend the territorial integrity of India, which the Congress firmly commits to, the social gathering stated.
In its political decision, the Congress stated it has at all times believed in peace by means of each power and negotiation, whereas coping with all acts of aggression firmly.
“The UPA era reflected this approach — through both high-level engagements and strengthening military and strategic capabilities. Our thinking can also be seen in our approach to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, which plays a key role in building infrastructure and maintaining peace on the border,” the decision stated.
The Congress established the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in 1962, gave it a statutory foundation in 1992 and assigned your entire China border to it in 2004, it stated.
“In contrast, the lethargy and neglect of the BJP government has increased India’s vulnerability. The Line of Actual Control between India and China continues to remain tense, with China claiming Indian territory in eastern Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh,” the political decision stated.
“Even as a lakh troops or more are stationed in eastern Ladakh, Beijing is accelerating its rail networks and heightening the threat to our borders,” it stated.
