The Congress today blew the bugle for transformation of Bihar, saying people of Bihar do not want religious polarisation, but progress and employment. The party held an extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the historic Sadaqat Ashram, the state headquarters set up in 1921.
Addressing the extended CWC meeting, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that the upcoming Bihar elections hold a lot of significance not only for Bihar but for the entire country, as they will mark the beginning of the countdown to the end of the corrupt Modi government at the Centre. It was 85 years ago that the INC session was held in Ramgarh in Bihar in 1940, before independence, where the proposal of a ‘Samvidhan Sabha’ was moved for the first time, he said.
Country was facing serious challenges
Kharge noted the country was facing serious challenges on both domestic and international fronts, the reason being the complete failure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at home as well as in foreign affairs. Without mentioning the name of the US President Donald Trump, who has adopted an aggressively hostile posture towards India, Kharge taunted Modi that the person whom he (Modi) would proudly proclaim to be his close friend was creating so many problems for India. Referring to the challenges facing the country, he said a Bihar-like Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was proposed to be carried out across the country, which was nothing but an exercise to disenfranchise Dalits, Adivasis, Backwards and Extremely Backward Classes, minorities and the poor.
Rahul Gandhi had created a lot of awareness
He said the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ led by Rahul Gandhi had created a lot of awareness among the people in Bihar against the vote theft being committed by the government in different states. He noted that democracy cannot work without impartiality and transparency by the Election Commission of India. He said today the impartiality and transparency of the ECI had come under question. Instead of answering questions raised by the Congress, it was seeking proof and demanding affidavits, he added
