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Sunday's Congress formally sounded the bugler for the 2019 elections in Lok Sabha by deciding to opt for strategic, state-specific leagues to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, and insisted that he and take "while forging alliances."
Congress maintained that Rahul Gandhi, 48, will be the face of the party and lead the campaign for the 2019 elections. Decisions were made at a five-hour meeting of the newly-formed Congress Working Committee (CWC), which authorized Gandhi to take up an appeal on alliances before or after the poll. He was mandated to form different Election Committees: "We are setting up a group that will do that," Gandhi said after asking if the party had started forming alliances for 2019.
Abolishing Congress's proposal to present a united opposition Against Modi, BJP spokesman Sambit Patra said the party was playing the role of a kamikaze and that it would also sink the others. He called the CAC a "Darbari Congress Committee".
While 239 congressional leaders and spokespersons from across the country were invited to the CWC meeting, former secretaries general Digvijaya Singh and Janardan Dwivedi Gandhi, who delivered Friday one of his speeches More aggressive in the Lok Sabha during a debate on the motion of censure, warned party leaders of a strict action they spoke. at a time when Congress was fighting for a "greater and more fundamental" battle for freedom. The problem was also reported by UPA President Sonia Gandhi and Senior Secretary General Ashok Gehlot. "Rahul Gandhi has made it clear and has given friendly advice to supporters who, given the broader goal – the 2019 election – should maintain discipline in their language and conduct," said the spokesman. Congressman, Randeep Surjewala. "There is freedom of expression, but as far as the party line is concerned, Congress workers and all the leadership are expected to maintain the balance of decorum and the dignity of the party. the language, "he added.
In recent weeks, there has been controversy over Shashi Tharoor's "Hindu Pakistan" remark, and just before the elections in Gujarat, Mani Shankar Aiyar's comments against Prime Minister Modi provoked his suspension.
The CWC meeting was alliances issue and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram gave a detailed presentation on the strengths and weaknesses of the Congress in different states.
According to a leader who attended the meeting, Chidambaram said that Congress was he could record a three-fold increase in the number of seats the party won in 2014.
Chidambaram was also told that the Congress could touch the 300-mark if it formed terrific alliances with regional and national political parties in
By allowing Gandhi to decide on a coalition, the party sought to send the message that He would be the last word on the covenants and that his mother and predecessor, Sonia Gandhi, who would have greater acceptability among the various political parties, would help him in the negotiations.
Asked if Gandhi would be the party's first candidate, Surjewala said that they would fight the 2019 elections under his leadership and leadership.
"On this point, we have neither doubt nor ulterior motive. We plan to improve our performance in 2004. Naturally, the people of India will decide. Once Congress becomes the largest party reaching the figure of 200 or more, it will naturally be the first party. We will fight this election by putting forward our leader and the President of Congress will be the only face to be screened, "he said. The chief congress bad in Lok Sabha Jyotiraditya Scindia had raised the issue earlier. He said that if alliances have become a reality, Congress should not consider its interests in such reconciliations.
Political badysts said that apart from forming alliances, the opposition should plan its agenda to the people. "A sort of common core agenda should be given by these parties and they need to talk about all the things that have troubled people apart from the failures of the current government." You need to give some hope so only they can decide to give their support – too much emphasis on negotiating and sharing seats does not really give a positive message, "said Professor Balveer Arora, a political badyst based in Delhi.
Sonia Gandhi argued that Congress was determined to form alliances with the BJP. "We are all with Rahul Gandhi in this endeavor. We must save our people from a dangerous regime that compromises Indian democracy, "she said in her speech.
The late Delhi CM, Sheila Dikshit, raised the issue of 39 alleged alteration of the EVM's stand management and effectively counter the BJP's attempts to polarize voters on the eve of the elections.
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