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Day after resignation, Hardik slams Congress, calls it casteist
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday here, Hardik Patel levelled a series of allegations against the Congress and its leaders. Calling the party casteist, he said it never had vision for the development of Gujarat, on the contrary its party leaders are full of negativity.
Days after quitting Congress, Sunil Jakhar joins BJP
Sunil Jakhar, who was upset with Rahul Gandhi, resigned from the Congress on Saturday. After that, he called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday and discussed the political situation of Punjab. A day after this meeting, Sunil Jakhar on Thursday joined the BJP in the presence of party's national president Nadda and other leaders in New Delhi.
Ahead of Gujarat polls, Hardik Patel quits Congress
The elections in Gujarat are due in a few months. In the resignation letter, Hardik Patel has alleged that the Congress has no interest in Gujarat, just opposing policies and programmes, never becoming an option to the ruling party that people are looking for.
Not only Saha, ex-Congress leaders getting plum posts in BJP
Saha, who had quit the Congress and joined the BJP in 2016, was appointed the BJP's state president in 2020. He had replaced Biplab Kumar Deb who ended the 25-year-old Communist rule in 2018. Similarly, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh was in the Congress and a minister in the state government led by the Congress before joining the BJP.
BJP only seeks to divide and suppress: Rahul Gandhi
Addressing a rally in Rajasthan's Banswara, Rahul Gandhi said, "There is a fight between two ideologies. On one hand, there is Congress which says that everyone has to be protected, and everyone should walk together; on the other hand there is BJP, which only works to divide and suppress," Rahul Gandhi said.
Congress to push social, economic agenda to counter Hindutva
"We will launch a national Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra from Gandhi Jayanti this year. All of us will participate in it. The Yatra is to strengthen the bonds of social harmony that are under stress, to preserve the foundational values of our Constitution that are under assault, and to highlight the day-to-day concerns of crores of our people," Gandhi said.
Congress to launch Bharat Jodo padyatra, soon have internal reform task force: Sonia
An advisory body to advise the Congress President in day-to-day functioning will also be constituted, she said in her concluding remarks at last day of the party's three-day 'Chintan Shivir' (brainstorming camp) in this Rajasthan city.
No short cut to strengthening links with people: Rahul Gandhi
"We need to strengthen our relationship with people as Congress was born from the masses and we have fighting for the people in our DNA," he said in his concluding remarks at last day of the Congress' three-day 'Chintan Shivir' (brainstorming camp) in this Rajasthan city.
Revival of Congress parliamentary board on cards, demand of G-23 accepted
The Congress working committee (CWC) will meet later in the day and a final call on the issue will be taken. But, whether the members of Congress Parliamentary Board (CPB) will be elected or nominated is still not clear. The CPB was discontinued some time ago and now the demand for it has been discussed during the 'Chintan Shivir' in Udaipur, and the G-23 leaders raised the issue in the party forum, sources said.
Chintan Shivir: 'Margdarshak mandal', 'Kamraj' plan in Cong on cards
The BJP already has "Margdarshak Mandal" (advisory committee) since after the 2014 parliamentary polls, wherein veterans with age above 75, including stalwarts like L.K Advani and M.M. Joshi, were asked to quit active politics and guide the party. The move which was criticised by the Congress by claiming that the BJP is ill treating senior leaders of the party.
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