Rahul Gandhi on Friday chaired the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting for the first time after being elected as the party chief earlier this month.
Rahul Gandhi on Friday chaired the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting for the first time after being elected as the party chief earlier this month.
Sonia Gandhi, who served as the party president for 19 years, arrived a little before Rahul for the meeting and was also felicitated by the CWC members.
The CWC also paid their respects to former Union Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi who passed away last month.
Speaking after the CWC meeting, Mr. Gandhi said the whole "architecture and structure of the BJP is about lies."
"The whole architecture of BJP is about lies, the whole structure is about lies. Everyone knows about 2G, the truth has come out on front of you," he said.
"If you see the Modi model in Gujarat it was a clear lie, when we went to Gujarat the people said there is no model, they said what is going on is stealing of people's resources. You talk of 2G... whether you look at the Modi model or the promise of 15 lakhs in every bank account... DeMonetisation, 'Gabbar Singh Tax'.. everything is a lie," the Congress chief said.
Briefing mediapersons after the CWC mneeting, Congress spokesperson Randeep S Surjewala claimed that the BJP wasted 500 hours of Parliament over the alleged 2G scam.
"The BJP wasted 500 hours of Parliament on their lies on 2G scam. When each minute costs Rs 2,50,000, will the BJP be held accountable for wasting Rs 750 crore of exchequer money? Surjewala asked.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, senior party leaders Motilal Vora, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Janardan Dwivedi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Karan Singh, Anand Sharma, Mohsina Kidwai, Ambika Soni, CP Joshi, Kamal Nath, BK Hariprasad and Oscar Fernandes are also attending the meeting, along with party in- charges for various states.
The agenda for the meeting was not officially disclosed.
Rahul Gandhi was elected unopposed as the Congress chief on December 11 and assumed the party's reins on December 16.
(With PTI inputs)
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