As the Congress party's three-day Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) in Udaipur drew to a close on Sunday, former party chief Rahul Gandhi called for introspection and hard work.
Rahul was quoted by ANI as saying “We have to revive our connection with people and need to accept that it was broken down. We will strengthen it. This will not happen with any short cut; it requires hard work.” Rahul said “I want to tell all Congress workers and leaders that you don't need to be scared. This country believes in truth. I'm with you for the rest of my life. And I'm going to fight this fight with you.”
He noted the people knew “it is the Congress that can lead the nation ahead”, NDTV reported.
Rahul accused the BJP-led Central government of weakening institutions such as the judiciary, Election Commission and media. He warned that there was a fear India's “demographic dividend will turn into demographic disaster” and blamed the BJP government for the situation.
Rahul also referred to unemployment and the uproar over the now-revoked farm laws. Rahul was quoted by NDTV as saying “We have seen the devastation that the farm laws caused to the people in Punjab... Youth of this country were promised jobs, but unemployment has never been this high.”
Rahul also rejected criticism of the Congress and the Chintan Shivir. “Which other political party in this country would allow this type of conversation? Certainly, the BJP, and RSS would never allow such a thing. India is a Union of states, people of India come together to form the Union,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.
Rahul argued “Conversations are not allowed in India today; we see conversations being muzzled and we do not understand its consequences.”
