New Delhi: Congress Working Committee, the grand old party's highest decision making body, held a meet today to set the tone for 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Party president Rahul Gandhi got the mandate to form alliances for the upcoming general election in an attempt to usurp the BJP.
"We are committed to make alliances work and we are all with him (Rahul Gandhi) in this endeavour. We have to rescue our people from a dangerous regime that is compromising the democracy of India," Sonia Gandhi said in her address to the members. Senior leaders of the party meet a day after West Bengal Chief Minister announced her strategy for the general elections next year and vowed to oust the BJP.
Here are the highlights of the CWC meet:
Jul 22, 2018 16:32 (IST)
Rahul Gandhi told NDTV that the process of forming alliances has commenced. A committee has been formed to look at forming alliances, he added.
Jul 22, 2018 15:52 (IST)
The CWC meeting ends, with Rahul Gandhi getting the mandate to form alliances
Jul 22, 2018 15:40 (IST)
The CWC evolved during freedom struggle. It's a forum where India expressed, debated, contested and consented ideas to take the nation from colonial rule to freedom: Rahul Gandhi At CWC meet
Jul 22, 2018 15:39 (IST)
Expansion of our party vote base is one of our biggest tasks. In each constituency, we have to find people who have not voted for us and develop a strategy to reach out to them and win back their trust: Congress President Rahul Gandhi At CWC meet
Jul 22, 2018 15:08 (IST)
Centre's claim of doubling farm income by 2022 will require an agricultural growth rate of 14 pecent, which is nowhere in sight: Manmohan Singh at the CWC meet
Jul 22, 2018 14:11 (IST)
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh are the senior members of the new CWC that will form the core team of the party for the state elections this year and the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, news agency IANS reported.
Jul 22, 2018 13:59 (IST)
Senior Congress leaders Janardan Dwivedi and Digvijay Singh are not attending the CWC meet. Party president Rahul Gandhi had dropped both the leaders from CWC earlier, news agency ANI reported, citing sources
Jul 22, 2018 13:03 (IST)
The Congress panel was by constituted by party president Rahul Gandhi on July 17 by appointing 23 members and dropping some senior leaders in a bid to strike a balance between age and experience. Former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh was among the senior leaders dropped from the Congress panel.
Jul 22, 2018 13:00 (IST)
Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh, Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress President RahulGandhi addressed the Congress Working Committee meet.