The Congress is holding a three-day brainstorming session or Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan's Udaipur today in the shadow of poll debacles and dissent in the party which has seen a sharp decline in the last seven years.
The party said it would introspect in the next three days to embark on a new direction by confronting various challenges and pave the way for the country's bright future.
Around 400 leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, are attending the Chintan Shivir called in the aftermath of the party's five-state debacle in recent elections. "Big changes" are in store, said Congress leader Ajay Maken.
Here are the Highlights on Chintan Shivir Day 1 in Udaipur:
- "The BJP, its cohorts and surrogates want to keep our people in a state of perpetual frenzy and conflict. They constantly provoke, instigate and inflame."
- "We have to combat this growing virus of divisiveness that is being maliciously and mischievously spread. This we must do at all costs."
- "The worsening environment of social illiberalism and bigotry shakes the very foundations of economic growth."
- "Public sector companies built up with such careful planning with economic and social objectives in mind by earlier Congress governments are now being privatized with a vengeance, and to a chosen few."
Congress president Sonia Gandhi said changes in the organisation were the need of the hour and "we need to change our way of working" as the party today began a three-day "Chintan Shivir" or brainstorming session after a series of election defeats. Read here.
An age bar for party posts and a "One Family, One Ticket" rule - with a loophole that exempts the Gandhis among others - is on the Congress agenda as it begins a three-day "Chintan Shivir" in Rajasthan's Udaipur today in the shadow of poll debacles. Read here.
"Public sector companies built with such careful planning, with economic and social objectives in mind, by earlier Congress governments are now being privatised with a vengeance and to a certain few": Congress President Sonia Gandhi at the #CongressChintanShivir pic.twitter.com/iP3bla0Yhy
- NDTV (@ndtv) May 13, 2022
