NEW DELHI: Ahead of its plenary this week, the Congress on Sunday mentioned the social gathering prime brass will deliberate and provides route on methods to forge opposition unity through the three-day conclave, asserting that any such effort with out it could be unsuccessful. The plenary session in Chhattisgarh’s Nava Raipur will begin from February 24 and is anticipated to be attended by round 15,000 delegates. Congress basic secretary organisation K C Venugopal mentioned the social gathering’s steering committee would meet on the primary day of the session and resolve whether or not elections could be held for the social gathering’s prime decision-making physique — the Congress Working Committee (CWC), a requirement made by some from inside the organisation.
The Congress is aware of its position in bringing collectively varied opposition events for forging an alliance forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to tackle the BJP and oust it from energy, he mentioned.
“The Congress has already taken the initiative and has been in touch with various political parties. There is a clear-cut initiative taken by the Congress in bringing opposition parties together and we will certainly bring them together against the BJP in the 2024 elections,” Venugopal instructed a press convention right here.
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“The direction on opposition unity will come from the party’s plenary session, where this issue will be deliberated upon,” he mentioned and added that the primary job is to defeat the BJP in 2024.
Venugopal mentioned that this plenary is a mirrored image of the feelings of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and an extension of the Udaipur Chintan Shivir. The plenary has been given the tagline “Haath se Haath Jodo” as it is going on within the midst of the social gathering’s countrywide “Haath se Haath Jodo” marketing campaign, he mentioned.
Congress basic secretary communications Jairam Ramesh mentioned the social gathering recognises that opposition unity is vital and added that this situation will probably be deliberated upon on the plenary session.
“Nobody needs to give us a certificate that we have to lead because any opposition unity without the Congress will be unsuccessful. So we welcome the statement of Nitish Kumar, and as Venugopal ji has said this will be discussed in the plenary and whatever we have to do for the 2024 polls,” he mentioned on the press convention whereas taking a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Kumar’s assertion that the Congress ought to take the initiative in bringing opposition unity.
“But before that there are several assembly polls. But without a strong Congress, strong opposition unity is impossible,” Ramesh mentioned, amid speak of the opposition unitedly taking over the BJP within the basic elections.
The Congress welcomes the assertion made by Chief Minister Kumar and “he has acknowledged that the Bharat Jodo Yatra has had an impact not only on the Congress but on Indian politics”, he mentioned.
“It is a tranformational moment for Indian politics, he has acknowledged,” Ramesh mentioned referring to Kumar’s assertion on the success of the Kanyakumari-Kashmir yatra that resulted in Srinagar final month.
“We welcome this and we know our role very well. The Congress is the only political party that has never made a compromise with the BJP anywhere. There are some opposition parties who come for (Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition) Mallikarjun Kharge’s meetings but their actions are in favour of the ruling party. We are not two-faced with respect to the BJP,” he mentioned.
The Congress is opposed to the BJP and it needs a joint parliamentary committee probe into the Adani situation, Ramesh mentioned and added that it will maintain elevating the problem until the investigation is ordered into the “scam”.
He mentioned there could be deliberations on issues similar to whether or not there could be a pre-poll alliance or different such modalities, and identified that the Congress was in alliance with a number of events in varied states.
Venugopal mentioned the agenda for the three-day eighty fifth plenary session of the social gathering from February 24 to 26 could be finalised within the steering committee assembly to be held on the primary day and thereafter, the themes committee will give last form to the resolutions to be adopted.
He mentioned this would be the social gathering’s first plenary session to be held outdoors Delhi for the reason that final one in Hyderabad in 2005.
Venugopal termed the plenary session an “important milestone” within the journey in the direction of the 2024 parliamentary elections and that round 15,000 delegates from throughout the nation will collaborating in it.
Giving the break-up of the variety of delegates, he mentioned there are 1,338 All India Congress Committee delegates and 487 co-opted ones, which comes to a complete of 1,825 delegates. Besides, there will probably be a complete of 9,915 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates attending the session, Venugopal mentioned.
Party treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal mentioned the session will finish with a public rally in Raipur, which prime leaders will handle.
Kumari Selja, who’s the AICC basic secretary in-charge for Chattisgarh, mentioned of the whole AICC delegates, there are 235 ladies and 501 beneath 50 years of age. Besides, there will probably be 704 from the final class, 228 from amongst minorities, 381 from different backward courses, 192 from amongst scheduled castes and one other 133 from among the many scheduled tribes.
The Congress chief mentioned the present political scenario within the nation will probably be deliberated upon because the plenary session was occurring after the profitable completion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The Congress had given a name to opposition events asking them to be part of the yatra, Ramesh mentioned and added that “we recognise that opposition unity is important”.
“I have said earlier also that the Bharat Jodo Yatra was not for opposition unity. Opposition unity can be a consequence of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and this will be deliberated upon at the plenary. What shape that will take, we can’t say for now,” he mentioned.
