{"id":310363,"date":"2019-03-12T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=310363"},"modified":"2019-03-12T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T10:22:00","slug":"no-sacrifice-too-great-to-win-battle-rahul-says-at-cwc-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/no-sacrifice-too-great-to-win-battle-rahul-says-at-cwc-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No sacrifice too great to win battle\u2019, Rahul says at CWC meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-310364 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/congress-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/congress-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/congress-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/congress-696x403.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/congress-725x420.jpg 725w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/congress.jpg 939w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Congress Working Committee (CWC) held a meeting on Tuesday for the Lok Sabha elections in Ahmedabad, to give a final shape to the party&#8217;s election strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The meeting began in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two days after the Election Commission announced the Lok Sabha poll dates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rahul Gandhi said that the party had &#8220;resolved to defeat the RSS\/ BJP ideology of fascism, hatred&#8221;, saying the &#8220;this battle will be won&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOn the anniversary of Gandhi Ji\u2019s historic Dandi March, the Congress Working Committee in Ahmedabad, resolved to defeat the RSS\/ BJP ideology of fascism, hatred, anger &amp; divisiveness. No sacrifice is too great in this endeavour; no effort too little; this battle will be won,\u201d Rahul tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also spoke at the CWC highlighting the failures of the BJP government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Former Prime minister Manmohan Singh cited the achievements of the UPA Government\u00a0that was in power at the Centre from 2004 to 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the PM was playing the victimhood card, the actual victims of his policies are the people of India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Top Congress leadership paid their respect to Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram ahead of launching the party&#8217;s poll campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFormer PM Dr Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Congress President @RahulGandhi &amp; senior Congress leaders visit the Gandhi Ashram in Sabarmati,\u201d Congress party earlier tweeted.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Congress president \u00a0while addressing Congress booth workers in Delhi on Monday had said the upcoming general elections will be a battle between Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s India and Nathuram Godse&#8217;s India with love on one side and hate on the other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Today also marks the anniversary of the famous &#8216;Dandi March&#8217; started by Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930, with a group of Satyagrahis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Today marks the anniversary of the #DandiMarch, led by Mahatma Gandhi, which played a pivotal role in India&#8217;s struggle for independence. The march was a non-violent protest against the rigorous and oppressive British policies on salt,&#8221; the Congress party tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting was held at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel&#8217;s national memorial, with top party leaders, including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and all senior party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the sources, the Congress is looking to send out a strong political message to the entire nation from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The meeting was postponed after the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 and the air strikes by India across the Line of Control on a terror camp in Balakot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The CWC meeting in Gujarat was held after a gap of 58 years. It was last held in 1961.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Congress Working Committee (CWC) held a meeting on Tuesday for the Lok Sabha elections in Ahmedabad, to give a final shape to the party&#8217;s election strategy. The meeting began in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two days after the Election Commission announced the Lok Sabha poll dates. 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