Chicago – April 10, 2025
Sounding the bugle for a renewed ideological battle with the BJP at the AICC Session here slated for Wednesday, the Congress is all set to describe the BJP-RSS as one that follows “pseudo-nationalism” that divides the country and unleashes “gross injustices on people through state powered cruelties.”
Secularism is core to the Congress, the party should not shy away from it and believers of every faith must find equal respect, former Congress chief and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is said to have told his party colleagues in a closed-door brainstorming session on Tuesday .
Mr. Gandhi’s assertion that the Congress cannot be seen as the party of “one community/religion” came as the Extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) had an intense debate on the main resolution to be adopted at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) session on Wednesday.
“If a Muslim or a Christian or a Sikh is being attacked, we must clearly say it,” Mr. Gandhi was quoted as saying by a CWC member.
The Opposition leader reiterated that the Congress lost support among the Other Backward Classes (OBC) after 1991. He said the country could not progress by ignoring OBCs who are roughly 50% of the population, 22% Dalits and Adivasis form 22% and 15% minorities and reiterated his focus on social justice.
