Rajkot: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday termed those who defected the party as ‘Kauravas’ and asked party leaders in Gujarat to get rid of party leaders who just “sit in their AC offices, do nothing but talk and disturb others”.
“Do you need more Kauravas? BJP can take them. Take whatever numbers of ‘Kauravas’ you want from Congress,” said Rahul, while addressing the party leaders and office-bearers on the second day of the three-day Chintan Shivir, a brainstorming session, organized in Devbhumi Dwarka district by the state unit of the party to chalk out the strategy for the Assembly elections due in December this year.
Sharing his vision for the revival of Congress for upcoming election here, Gandhi suggested getting rid of leaders who “sit in air-conditioned rooms and disturb others”.
He asked 25 to 30 loyal workers to make Congress powerful in Gujarat and wanted the state leadership to find workers who want to defeat BJP and give total support of Congress party to those during the upcoming Assembly election.
“Congress workers must understand that they have already won the Gujarat Assembly election. You are just not accepting it. The people of Gujarat are watching you with high hopes. The BJP has harmed the people of Gujarat more than it has harmed the Congress here,” he said.
“The people should get clarity what Congress wants to do, how they want to do it and who will do it. We should remove this confusion from people’s minds,” the Congress leader told party workers.
Gandhi also hit out at the Modi government over the use of central agencies, saying it has “CBI, ED, media, police and goons”, and said ultimately it is the truth that matters.
“They have CBI, ED, media, police, goons and new attire every day. But those things don’t matter at all. Gujarat teaches us that what matters is truth. Look at Gandhiji. Did he ever have good clothes, ED or CBI? No. Because the truth is always simple,” he said.
He said although the ruling BJP always boasts of the “Gujarat Model”, nearly three lakh persons lost their lives due to Covid-19 in the state and people suffered due to the lack of oxygen cylinders and ventilators in hospitals.
“Do you need more Kauravas? BJP can take them. Take whatever numbers of ‘Kauravas’ you want from Congress,” said Rahul, while addressing the party leaders and office-bearers on the second day of the three-day Chintan Shivir, a brainstorming session, organized in Devbhumi Dwarka district by the state unit of the party to chalk out the strategy for the Assembly elections due in December this year.
Sharing his vision for the revival of Congress for upcoming election here, Gandhi suggested getting rid of leaders who “sit in air-conditioned rooms and disturb others”.
He asked 25 to 30 loyal workers to make Congress powerful in Gujarat and wanted the state leadership to find workers who want to defeat BJP and give total support of Congress party to those during the upcoming Assembly election.
“Congress workers must understand that they have already won the Gujarat Assembly election. You are just not accepting it. The people of Gujarat are watching you with high hopes. The BJP has harmed the people of Gujarat more than it has harmed the Congress here,” he said.
“The people should get clarity what Congress wants to do, how they want to do it and who will do it. We should remove this confusion from people’s minds,” the Congress leader told party workers.
Gandhi also hit out at the Modi government over the use of central agencies, saying it has “CBI, ED, media, police and goons”, and said ultimately it is the truth that matters.
“They have CBI, ED, media, police, goons and new attire every day. But those things don’t matter at all. Gujarat teaches us that what matters is truth. Look at Gandhiji. Did he ever have good clothes, ED or CBI? No. Because the truth is always simple,” he said.
He said although the ruling BJP always boasts of the “Gujarat Model”, nearly three lakh persons lost their lives due to Covid-19 in the state and people suffered due to the lack of oxygen cylinders and ventilators in hospitals.
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