Vikrant Shekhawat : May 16, 2022, 07:41 AM
New Delhi: In his address on the last day of 'Nav Sankalp Shivir' in Udaipur, Rahul Gandhi admitted that Congress's 'connection' with the people is broken, and it needs to be rectified immediately. In order to re-establish the relationship with the people of the country, Sonia Gandhi announced that from October 2 this year, Congress will start the India Yatra. The party also announced several organizational reforms to bring in new and young faces in leadership roles at the end of its three-day Chintan Shivir.
Congress brainstorming has indicated that Rahul Gandhi may return as party president later this year. While Sonia gave a short speech, Rahul's speech was long. The former Congress president accused the BJP government at the Center of spreading hatred, putting pressure on the judiciary, twisting the hands of the Election Commission, destroying institutions and strangling the media. But his focus was more on preparing the party to "go back to the people"; He told the Congress leaders present at the Chintan Shivir that there is no 'shortcut' for the revival of the party.Rahul said the party has to accept that it has lost its "relationship" with the people, and it should work towards re-establishing that relationship. He said the entire focus of the Congress is presently on 'internal matters' like who is getting which post. The former Congress president told the party leaders that they should focus their attention on establishing relationships with the people. Rahul Gandhi said, not just for us...for the country...be it our senior leaders, junior leaders or workers, we should go to the people and sit with them without thinking anything.We have to accept that Congress has lost its connection with the people: RahulRahul Gandhi said, 'Their (people's) issues... we should understand. And the connection which we used to do with the people…the connection of the Congress party which is broken with the public, we have to accept…we have to re-establish that connection…people want that…they understand that only Congress can take the country forward. May go. That's the only way…shortcuts won't help. It cannot be done with any shortcut. This can only happen by sweating. We can do this. You can do this. We have potential and it is our DNA. This organization has come out of the people and we have to go back to the people.Sonia Gandhi announces 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Kanyakumari to KashmirSonia Gandhi said, 'This year, on Gandhi Jayanti, Bharat Jodi Yatra will start from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. We will all participate in it. The yatra is meant to strengthen the bonds of social harmony, which are under strain at the moment. This is a journey to protect the core values of our Constitution and to raise the voice of crores of our people to understand their day to day concerns. we will return. we will return. we will return. This is our resolve. This is our Nav Sankalp (new resolution). There will be a new rise of Congress, this is our new resolve.' Rahul Gandhi said that his fight is against the ideology of RSS-BJP and the hatred and violence spread by them.Together we will defeat the ideology of BJP and RSS: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi said, 'For me this is the fight of my life... I cannot accept that hatred, violence and anger is being spread in our beloved country. We are against some big forces. RSS and BJP organisations, all institutions…don't think that we are fighting against a political party. We are not fighting against any political party… Political party is just a part. We are fighting against every institution of India. We are fighting against the capitalists with the biggest connivance… that is the truth. I am not afraid of these forces. I do not care. I have never done corruption in my whole life. I have not taken a single penny from Mother India. I am not afraid to speak the truth…we all together will defeat BJP and RSS organization and their ideology.Regional parties cannot compete with BJP, only Congress can: RahulRahul Gandhi said that regional parties cannot compete with the RSS-BJP, as it is a battle of ideologies. “You have seen that the ideology of RSS is fighting against the ideology of Congress. BJP will talk about Congress, its leaders and workers but will not talk about regional parties. Because they know that regional parties have space, but they cannot defeat BJP. Because they have no ideology. They have different perspectives. We have a centralized approach and our fight is about ideology. This is not a political fight. This is a fight for the future of the country and to save the country… it is our responsibility to protect our people.
Congress brainstorming has indicated that Rahul Gandhi may return as party president later this year. While Sonia gave a short speech, Rahul's speech was long. The former Congress president accused the BJP government at the Center of spreading hatred, putting pressure on the judiciary, twisting the hands of the Election Commission, destroying institutions and strangling the media. But his focus was more on preparing the party to "go back to the people"; He told the Congress leaders present at the Chintan Shivir that there is no 'shortcut' for the revival of the party.Rahul said the party has to accept that it has lost its "relationship" with the people, and it should work towards re-establishing that relationship. He said the entire focus of the Congress is presently on 'internal matters' like who is getting which post. The former Congress president told the party leaders that they should focus their attention on establishing relationships with the people. Rahul Gandhi said, not just for us...for the country...be it our senior leaders, junior leaders or workers, we should go to the people and sit with them without thinking anything.We have to accept that Congress has lost its connection with the people: RahulRahul Gandhi said, 'Their (people's) issues... we should understand. And the connection which we used to do with the people…the connection of the Congress party which is broken with the public, we have to accept…we have to re-establish that connection…people want that…they understand that only Congress can take the country forward. May go. That's the only way…shortcuts won't help. It cannot be done with any shortcut. This can only happen by sweating. We can do this. You can do this. We have potential and it is our DNA. This organization has come out of the people and we have to go back to the people.Sonia Gandhi announces 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Kanyakumari to KashmirSonia Gandhi said, 'This year, on Gandhi Jayanti, Bharat Jodi Yatra will start from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. We will all participate in it. The yatra is meant to strengthen the bonds of social harmony, which are under strain at the moment. This is a journey to protect the core values of our Constitution and to raise the voice of crores of our people to understand their day to day concerns. we will return. we will return. we will return. This is our resolve. This is our Nav Sankalp (new resolution). There will be a new rise of Congress, this is our new resolve.' Rahul Gandhi said that his fight is against the ideology of RSS-BJP and the hatred and violence spread by them.Together we will defeat the ideology of BJP and RSS: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi said, 'For me this is the fight of my life... I cannot accept that hatred, violence and anger is being spread in our beloved country. We are against some big forces. RSS and BJP organisations, all institutions…don't think that we are fighting against a political party. We are not fighting against any political party… Political party is just a part. We are fighting against every institution of India. We are fighting against the capitalists with the biggest connivance… that is the truth. I am not afraid of these forces. I do not care. I have never done corruption in my whole life. I have not taken a single penny from Mother India. I am not afraid to speak the truth…we all together will defeat BJP and RSS organization and their ideology.Regional parties cannot compete with BJP, only Congress can: RahulRahul Gandhi said that regional parties cannot compete with the RSS-BJP, as it is a battle of ideologies. “You have seen that the ideology of RSS is fighting against the ideology of Congress. BJP will talk about Congress, its leaders and workers but will not talk about regional parties. Because they know that regional parties have space, but they cannot defeat BJP. Because they have no ideology. They have different perspectives. We have a centralized approach and our fight is about ideology. This is not a political fight. This is a fight for the future of the country and to save the country… it is our responsibility to protect our people.