Rahul Gandhi on Sunday chaired his first meeting of the newly constituted CWC after taking over as Congress president in December last.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said that the countdown of Narendra Modi government has begun and that is reflected in Prime Minister's rhetoric. She was speaking at the newly constituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) chaired by his son and party president Rahul Gandhi.
"Sonia Gandhi cautions about the reign of despair and fear heaped upon India’s deprived and poor. Points out that rhetoric of PM Modi shows his desperation reflecting that reverse countdown of Modi Govt has begun, "Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said.
Rahul Gandhi on Sunday chaired his first meeting of the newly constituted CWC after taking over as Congress president in December last.
In his remarks at the CWC, Mr Gandhi said the Congress is the voice of India.
"Rahul Gandhi reminds qua the role of Congress as the voice of India as also its responsibility of present and future, as BJP attacks institutions, Dalits, tribals, backwards, minorities and poor," Surjewala said.
The Congress chief called the newly constituted CWC as an institution comprising of experience & energy, as a bridge between the past, present and the future. He called upon Congressmen and women to rise and fight for India’s oppressed, Surjewala added.
The crucial meeting of the revamped CWC is underway in Parliament House Annexe and comes two days after the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha which the Opposition lost.
Speaking at the meeting, former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh "rejected the culture of constant self praise & Jumlas of PM as against solid policy framework for driving the engine of growth."
Dr. Singh pointed out that claim of doubling farm income by 2022 will require an Agriculture Growth Rate of 14%, which is nowhere in sight, Surjewala said.
The new CWC, which was announced last week after Gandhi deliberated on its composition for close to seven months, is expected to take stock of the current political, economic and internal and external security situation of the country besides discussing party strategy for the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament.
There is also a likelihood of the new committee members brainstorming on the strategies to be adopted to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP in the run up to assembly elections later this year and General Elections 2019.
Gandhi has set the tone for the Congress strategy by going forward and hugging Prime Minister Modi during the no-confidence motion discussions in Lok Sabha and by proclaiming that he will counter the BJP's hatred and anger with Congress' love and compassion. Among those present at today's meeting include former prime minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, top Congress leaders AK Antony, Motilal Vora, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge and Ashok Gehlot among others.
This is the meeting of extended CWC which also consists of all state party chiefs and legislature party leaders apart from the regular CWC members, permanent and special invitees to the committee.
Gandhi's CWC has 23 regular members instead of 25 allowed by the party constitution. It has 18 permanent and eight special invitees.
(With PTI inputs)
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