India is passing through deeply challenging and worrying phase both nationally and internationally due to the failures and diplomatic shortcomings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Wednesday.
Addressing the CWC meeting in Patna at Sadaqat Ashram, he said, “at the international level, our troubles are a result of the failures and diplomatic shortcomings of Narendra Modi and his government. The very “friends” that the Prime Minister boasts about are today pushing India into multiple crises.”
The meeting is focused on the strategy for upcoming Bihar elections and intensifying its attack on BJP for “Vote Chori”
He said that at a time when even our voter list is being officially manipulated, it is necessary that we convene our Extended CWC meeting in Bihar—the motherland of democracy—so that we may reaffirm our pledge to safeguard this country’s democracy and Constitution.
“Exactly 85 years ago, at the Ramgarh AICC Session, the proposal for a Constituent Assembly was made for the first time. Mahatma Gandhi, Pt. Nehru, Sardar Patel, Dr. Ambedkar and the members of the Constituent Assembly together gave the citizens of this country the right to “one person, one vote,” he said.
“Today, our country is struggling with multiple problems—economic slowdown, unemployment, social polarization, and systematic weakening of autonomous constitutional institutions,” he added.
The meeting began around 10.30 am with Congress leaders emphasising that this is the first time since Independence that the party has convened its top decision-making body in Bihar.
Ahead of the discussions, party president Mallikarjun Kharge unfurled the Congress flag at the state headquarters.
Among those present are Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, treasurer Ajay Maken, general secretaries KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, and Sachin Pilot, and Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Kumar.
Kharge alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched to delete millions of names from voter rolls across the country. Voter theft means theft of the ration, pensions, medicines, scholarships, and examinations of Dalits, Adivasis, OBCs, EBCs, minorities, the weak and the poor. Due to the ‘Voter Rights Yatra,’ awareness spread among the people of Bihar, and they came out openly in support of Rahul Gandhi ji.
He pointed out BJP’s unfulfilled promises regarding 2 crore jobs and said, “The promise of “2 crore jobs” has remained unfulfilled. Youth are wandering without employment. Demonetization and a faulty GST derailed the economy. After 8 years, the Prime Minister realized his mistake. Now, reforms are being made in GST—the same reforms Congress had been demanding since day one.”
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that the people of the country should spend more; but when incomes have not risen in the past 10 years, and only inflation has risen, how will people spend more?
“Rural consumption is at its lowest level in 50 years. Inequality is at its peak. The rich are getting richer, while the poor are becoming poorer. The Prime Minister has failed to double farmers’ income as promised. The three black laws of 2020–21 led to a massive movement, in which more than 750 farmers were martyred,” he added.
