Congress chief Rahul Gandhi addresses on the celebration’s eighty fifth Plenary Session, in Atal Nagar-Nava Raipur on Sunday.
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Enacting a legislation named the ‘Rohith Vemula Act’ “to safeguard the right to education and dignity” for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and minorities; making a devoted Ministry for the empowerment of OBCs; from securing equal entry to jobs in the non-public organised sector for SCs, STs and OBCs to contemplating reservations for them in the higher judiciary — these had been a part of the Congress’s decision on social justice at its eighty fifth plenary session that concluded on Sunday.
In what displays a coordinated effort to verify the increasing social base of the BJP and woo again conventional supporters amongst minorities, the Congress’ decision on social justice, adopted throughout its eighty fifth plenary session that concluded on Sunday, talks of the celebration re-committing itself to “strongly resist the attacks on India’s welfare and affirmative action architecture by engaging in constructive politics and implementing creative policies”.
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It additionally talks of reviving scholarships for SCs, STs and OBCs, and together with them underneath the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservations. In the case of the tribes, the celebration alleged “the BJP government’s policies have taken away the rights of Adivasis and other forest dwellers”.
The draft additionally makes a point out of mob lynching — a time period that has been used for a number of incidents in the current previous the place mob violence over points like cattle smuggling have claimed a number of lives, notably in the Hindi belt — and expresses dedication “to further strengthen the legal mechanism for ensuring protection of rights of these communities”.
“Mob lynching particularly against minorities, atrocities against SCs and STs and violence against women have touched record highs in the last nine years. The sense of insecurity and agony among these communities/groups is extremely high because they are being continuously targeted with hate and gruesome violence by the BJP-RSS and their affiliates,” it says.
A “universal basket of entitlements” has additionally been talked about for social justice. This makes a point out of Right to Basic Income by way of the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay) that’s operating in Congress-ruled States, whereas additionally mentioning Right to Health, Pensions for single ladies, aged individuals, and Persons with Disabilities, amongst others. For ladies, it talks of historical past and steps taken by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to present reservation for ladies, and provides that the Congress Party shall make sure the passage of the ladies’s reservation Bill in legislative our bodies’ with acceptable provisions for reserved classes throughout the 33%.
Agriculture, youth, training
The spotlight of the celebration’s agriculture decision is making Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops a legally enforceable proper of farmers, with any buy of agricultural produce beneath it a punishable offence.
While resolving to present one-time speedy reduction to farmers from indebtedness by bringing a debt waiver scheme to waive up to ₹6 lakh to every farmer, the celebration mentioned that no legal proceedings can be initiated towards farmers over debt and no land can be auctioned to get well excellent loans.
Announcing a slew of measures it proposes for youth, the Congress additionally resolved to implement its Udaipur Declaration “in word and spirit”. “We recognize that 50 under 50 was a revolutionary concept for the Congress organisation that must be implemented across all party positions from booth level to the Congress Working Committee,” its draft decision for youth says.
In its decision on training, the celebration has come down closely on the National Education Policy 2020 launched by the BJP. “.. NEP2020 is trying to reduce the entire education to that of literacy, numeracy, and skilling, and aims to weaken the public education system,” the draft says.
