The Congress will launch a nationwide campaign against the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over unemployment, rising prices and examination crisis, party general secretary KC Venugopal said on Thursday.
The development comes a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrated Prime Minister Modi’s achievement as the country’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister.
“Under the leadership of Indian National Congress President Sheikh Mallikarjun @kharge ji and LOP Sh. @RahulGandhi ji, attended the meeting with AICC general secretaries, officials and PCC presidents from across India to discuss the current political situation. Unemployment, rampant paper leaks, massive inflation and economic devastation caused by the Modi govt’s disastrous policies were part of the agenda,” Venugopal tweeted after the meeting.
“We also discussed the state of our democracy, threats to our Constitution, and the need to continue our fight for social justice today,” he added.
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The unrest is likely to start at the end of June and continue for 2-3 months.
“Today’s meeting discussed the issue (rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for Rajya Sabha elections) in detail. We will fight this issue politically and legally. This is what the committee decided and discussed. To achieve majority, this is the way… They take all MPs from other parties and make them resign and make them BJP MPs,” Venugopal said at a press conference after a meeting of all Pradesh Congress Committee presidents, general secretaries and state officials.
“On the other hand, this is the actual after voting, vote chori ke baad, this is chori seat. This is a clearly defined seat. We will fight legally and politically. Then our meeting discussed the current political scenario of this country. Mainly in the area of economic crisis. Prices of petrol, diesel and LPG are increasing day by day. People are in complete distress. There is no action from the government. Unemployment is at its peak. The MSME sector is completely devastated. The youth are badly affected. They are worried about the situation,” Venugopal said. “Their future.”
A statement is awaited from the BJP and the version will be updated whenever it is received.
