Inside Congress' 84th plenary session

.story-content span .story-content p .story-content div color:#000!important;font-family: open sans Arial!important;font-size:15px!important ALSO READ Rahul Gandhi s Congress campaign taking a leaf out of Trump s US prez bid? If the Congress returns to power in 2019 can P Chidambaram be PM? Sonia dinner: 20 Opposition leaders weigh Modi threat; top 10 developments Modi s One Nation One Election : Death knell for cooperative federalism? span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched an all-out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his pre-poll promises of combating corruption and ensuring inclusive development were only dramebazi and a trick to grab power. Gandhi in her address at the 84th Congress Plenary Session gave a clarion call to the partymen to be ready for any kind of sacrifice to strengthen the party and to make the county free from discrimination vendetta politics and arrogance. She called upon them to forcefully fight against the challenges posed by the present dispensation and asked them to mount a struggle to free the country from the fear of power. The slogans of sab ka saath sab ka vikas and na khaoonga na khaane doonga are only and only dramebazi (drama) and a trick to grab power she said referring to Modi s promises of inclusive development and corruption-free governance. She said that the Congress was fighting the tyrannical Modi government and the people have begun to https://www.prodivnet.com/users/momid-khan/ realise that the promises made by the BJP in 2014 were hollow. Under the leadership of former PM Manmohan Singh the economy of this country flourished. Our government formed policies which lifted millions of people from poverty. And today the Modi government is weakening these policies she said. Gandhi said the present dispensation was using all means to be in power. But the Congress has and will never bow before the power of arrogance of this government which has launched vendetta against its opponents she said. The Congress parliamentary party chief said the party was exposing the frauds of the Modi government with proof. 40 years back Indira s Ji s stunning victory in Chikmagalur turned around Indian politics once again our party must give a similar performance: Sonia Gandhi at #CongressPlenarySession pic.twitter.com/daIgWLcBh2 ANI (@ANI) March 17 2018 ALSO READ: Modi paying Rs 11 bn extra per Rafale jet while army begs for money: Rahul 1. Sachin Pilot says under Rahul Congress will win 2019 polls To those who challenge us I would say... as of now we have won by-polls under leadership of Rahul Gandhi soon you ll see us winning states and in 2019 Congress will win the elections: Sachin Pilot at Congress Plenary Session 2. Rahul Gandhi says only Congress can unite India This is the only symbol (Congress party symbol) that can unite the nation and take it forward: Rahul Gandhi at Congress Plenary Session in Delhi. They (BJP) uses anger we use love but one thing that I want to say is that this country belongs to everyone and whatever Congress will do will be for the benefit for all: Rahul Gandhi. The nation is tired and looking for a way out only Congress can show the way ahead: Rahul Gandhi Visuals from Congress Plenary Session underway at #Delhi s Indira Gandhi Stadium. pic.twitter.com/FjK3u987Y2 ANI (@ANI) March 17 2018 3. With your (party members & workers) blessings and cooperation we will once again win Karnataka your help is needed the way BJP and RSS workers go door-to-door the same way you also help us in Karnataka: Mallikarjun Kharge at Congress Plenary Session. Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi Manmohan Singh and other Congress leaders at 84th Plenary session of Indian National Congress in New Delhi: BS Photo by Sanjay K Sharma 4. Topics of discussion during plenary session This plenary will decide the vision and direction and the way forward of the Congress for the next five years Randeep Singh Surjewala said adding that agriculture employment poverty alleviation national security foreign policy and economy will be discussed. What is the present condition what is the future what is Congress s vision on these issues. How the party will solve the problems of the farmers how to generate employment new steps for poverty alleviation how to improve the economic condition he said. Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi & Manmohan Singh at #Delhi s Indira Gandhi Stadium for Congress plenary session. pic.twitter.com/0QtEdWENym ANI (@ANI) March 17 2018 5. The subjects committee comprises of the members of party s steering committee Congress legislative party leaders state Congress chiefs office-bearers of the parliamentary party chiefs of frontal organisations and heads of sub-committees that have formulated the plenary resolutions. Welcome delegates and distinguished guests to the #CongressPlenary. Over the next two days I look forward to interacting with you and to sharing experiences and perspectives that will together help us build a stronger more vibrant Congress party. Jai Hind. Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 17 2018 ALSO READ: India is rising against you Rahul tells Modi 6. India is rising against you Rahul tells Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi who spoke at the Rising India Summit here saying the country was rising against him . Modiji those were some fancy power point slides. A quick word of advice: You re right about Rising India. One small issue - it s rising against you Gandhi said in a tweet. Modi Ji those were some fancy power point slides. A quick word of advice: You re right about Rising India. One small issue - it s rising against you. #News18RisingIndia Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 16 2018 7. Who will Modi target next asks Rahul Rahul Gandhi attacked the Narendra Modi government for targeting opposition leaders including RJD leader Lalu Prasad using the CBI to intimidate and harass them and asked who the next target will be. The BJP government uses the CBI to target key opposition politicians to intimidate and harass them. Now a news report reveals how the CBI was pressured to file a case against @laluprasadrjd ignoring the advice of its own legal team. Who will Modiji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) target next? tweeted Gandhi adding hashtag #VendettaPolitics. ALSO READ: For Modi recent bypoll verdict is bad news but so it is for Rahul as well 8. Randeep Singh Surjewala backs Rahul Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that his party unequivocally condemns any act of political vendetta indulged by the Modi government. Now that the BJP has only few months left in power it should count its days and be ready to face the people s wrath he said adding that denigrating the credibility of institutions by misusing them to target political opponents is the sole agenda of the Modi government . Media reports suggest that the Directorate of Prosecution which is the CBI s legal wing and the Economic Offences Division of the CBI have different opinions on filing an FIR in a case against former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad. This chasm within the CBI has surfaced when the Modi government has left no stone unturned to file series of cases against their political opponents. CBI clearly has become a Captive Bureau of Investigation in the hands of the Modi government he added. 9. Opposition parties united to pass no-confidence motion against Modi government An overwhelming majority of opposition parties have extended tactical support to the Andhra Pradesh rivals YSR Congress and TDP who are together pushing for a no-confidence motion against the Modi government over the non-implementation of the promised special category status for the post-bifurcation Andhra Pradesh. Even Congress which has no love lost for the YSR Congress and TDP the two parties that have reduced the Grand Old Party to a corner in its once political fortress of Andhra Pradesh was more vociferous than others in extending support to the move for a no-confidence motion. 10. Although the opposition parties are fully aware of the Modi government s numerical strength in the House they feel that the government will be compelled to take action. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee who is eyeing regional parties for a federal front tweeted I welcome the TDP s decision to leave the NDA. The current situation warrants such action to save the country from disaster.
The economy is in the hands of ignorant and incompetent policy makers who have derailed economic growth through reckless and bizarre policies such as demonetisation and a hasty imposition of a flawed Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime The BJP s economic philosophy is blind to India s size scale and diversity and rests on an artificial principle of oneness The scars of this bizarre and destabilizing act (demonetisation) on Indian society will linger for long The Indian National Congress stands for a much simpler GST framework with a moderate and reasonable standard rate of tax abolition of cesses outside the GST structure a transparent mechanism for revenue sharing with the States and a robust system of refunds Crony capitalism has been the hallmark of the Modi government s economic track record Inclusive growth was a term coined by Dr Manmohan Singh which highlighted the importance of inclusion and equality The Modi government has distorted the concept and use of Aadhaar; instead of being an instrument of empowerment it has been turned into an intrusive instrument of control and in many cases of exclusion of the very poor Wrong tariff policies - for both imports and exports - have made trade in agricultural commodities uncertain and too dependent on the government s beneficence The Indian National Congress wishes to emphasize the importance of exports in India s economic growth and ability to create jobs. India has abundant labour but the quality of India s human capital is not satisfactory. Education and health are the two critical factors that determine the quality of human capital Instead of crafting policies that will create jobs the Modi government has chosen to live in denial of India s jobs problem hiding behind a facade of compromised research claiming that the economy generates more formal sector jobs than any other country in the world The demonetisation and reckless GST implementation has greatly damaged the backbone of the mass scale employment generating unorganised sector as well as small and micro industries along with self-employed labour The Indian National Congress resolves to win back economic freedom for India s entrepreneurs especially the micro small and medium business persons protect them from harassment and provide a stable business environment Sustained economic growth is the path toward becoming a middle-income developed country
Written by Liz Mathew | New Delhi | Updated: March 17 2018 5:45 pm Congress President Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi and other leaders at the 82nd Plenary session of the Indian National Congress in New Delhi on Saturday. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal) The main opposition Congress on Saturday joined the chorus of those seeking re-introduction of paper ballots in the elections in order to ensure the credibility of the electoral process. There are apprehensions among the political parties and the people over the misuse of EVMs to manipulate the outcome contrary to the popular verdict the party said in its political resolution moved by senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge. To ensure the credibility of the electoral process the Election Commission should revert to the old practice of paper ballot as major democracies have done said the resolution moved at the three day Congress plenary session being held in the national capital. Congress President Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi and other leaders at the 82nd Plenary session of the Indian National Congress in New Delhi on Saturday. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal) READ | Rahul Gandhi at Congress plenary session: Nation is divided only our party can unite it In the backdrop of different groups expressing their concerns over the EVMs the resolution which is being discussed and is expected to be adopted by evening said the poll panel has the constitutional mandate to ensure free and fair elections. Both the voting and counting process must remain transparent to retain people s faith in the integrity of the electoral system. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP aggressively pushing the idea of One Nation One Election the political resolution of the Congress rejected it. The BJP s move for simultaneous elections is misplaced. It is incompatible with the constitution and is also impractical. It will have serious implications which must be thoroughly enquired into and a national consensus built the resolution said. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Tags: Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday launched a fierce attack on the BJP accusing it of destabilising the northeast in its blind quest for power . Still reeling from a dismal show in the recently-concluded assembly polls in Tripura Nagaland and Meghalaya senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala tweeted up a storm and charged that the saffron party was forsaking the stability of the region so it can assume power at any cost and by any means . Tell tale signs of BJP s blind quest for power superseding the stability of region propagation of democracy nipping the separatist tendencies and ignoring core issues of region are already visible Surjewala tweeted. The Congress communications in-charge pointed out that the BJP was allying itself with regional parties whose ideology and demands it did not necessarily prescribe to or support thereby undermining the mandate of the people of the state. The BJP-IPFT combine decimated the Left Front in Tripura by securing 43 seats in the 60-strong assembly. In Tripura BJP aligned with IPFT whose election plank is division of state and now demands a tribal CM. Time for Modi government and BJP to address both issues. Does it stand for demand for division of state of Tripura? Would it reject the demand for a tribal CM? enquired Surjewala. Turning to Nagaland where Congress and BJP had till last month been part of the NPF-led government Surjewala called out the saffron party for switching sides at the eleventh hour to join hands with the fledgling NDPP floated by former chief minister Neiphiu Rio. In Nagaland BJP is in government with NPF yet fought election in alliance with its opposition party NDPP. NPF won 26 seats and NDPP won 18 seats. With both NPF and NDPP staking claim to form the government is Nagaland headed for another round of instability like in last 5 years? And Naga Accord? said Surjewala. He was referring to Nagaland Peace Framework signed by the Modi government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) in 2015 that brought an end to insurgency and made way for peace talks in the north-eastern state. Many regional parties had called for a boycott of the February 27 polls in the absence of clarity over the Naga peace accord. Congress President Rahul Gandhi has previously targeted PM Modi over the Naga accord and said it was nowhere to be found after https://notehub.org/q3rr7 nearly three years of being finalized. Surjewala then touched upon the sore spot of Meghalaya where the BJP with only two seats in hand once again outmaneuvered the ruling Congress by negotiating an alliance with other parties to form the government. Even after emerging as the single largest party with 21 seats the grand old party failed to retain power in the state it had ruled for the last 15 years. In Meghalaya as BJP assumes power with just 2 MLAs every discordant party that fought BJP and each other ideologically-politically-electorally is sewn up to form the government at any cost - NPP UDP PDF HSDP BJP Ind. Is this the answer to Meghalaya s aspirations and a stable government he railed. Meghalaya is the second state after Manipur and Goa where the Congress has not been able to forge a post-poll alliance with any of the regional parties despite emerging as the largest single party. BJP is following a dangerous game of destabilsation subversion and usurpation of power in North East unmindful of the stability security peace and progress. Hope Modiji had cared to learn from Rajivji who put Nation First and brought peace to the region by Assam and Mizo accords Surjewala said.