Having stitched a unity alliance with a national perspective, the Congress is now engaged in chalking out a strategy to counter PM Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming Assembly polls in five states and the general polls that are slated to be held next year.
The newly constituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) will hold its first meeting in poll-bound Telangana’s Hyderabad on Saturday to formulate strategies for the upcoming Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.
While briefing the media in Rangareddy, General Secretary KC Venugopal said that CWC will hold meetings over the next two days to strategize against the BJP which he called their principal enemy in politics.
He also said that KCR’s party Bharat Rashtra Samithi is supporting anti-democratic laws in the Parliament.
“Certainly we had past experience. Our fight is with PM Narendra Modi. Our principal enemy in politics is the BJP and their ideology. They (KCR’s party BRS) support anti-democratic laws in the Parliament, Venugopal said during a press conference in Rangareddy.
Emphasizing the role being played by KCR in the national political arena, he said, “KCR’s party is supporting the BJP, they are actually against the people. They are anti-democratic.”
Ensuring that if the party is voted to power in Telangana Congress will deliver six guarantees for the people of the state, General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh said,” We formed a government in Karnataka with a huge majority. BJP has still not announced their Leader of Opposition in Karnataka even after 4 months. In Karnataka, the Modi government tried to stop the ‘Anna Bhagya’ but we managed to resist their efforts. Similarly, we will declare 6 guarantees to the people of Telangana.”
The Telangana election will serve as a litmus test for the BJP-led NDA and the INDIA alliance before the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Telangana is set to witness a triangular contest among the BJP, the ruling BRS and the Congress.
Exuding confidence in forming the government after the assembly polls, he said, “In the upcoming elections, we are sure to get a clear majority from the people. KCR and PM Modi are two sides of the same coin. Telangana poet Gaddar once told me ‘1cr, 2cr, 3cr, Telangana mei KCR’. After Bharat Jodi Yatra it is clear that we are getting a clear majority in Telangana elections.”
Informing about the details of the CWC meeting at a press conference, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said, “Tomorrow we will hold the first CWC (Congress Working Committee meeting) in Hyderabad in which the preparations for the upcoming elections will be discussed. We have invited 90 people, out of which 84 people will attend.”
“Congress president will preside over the CWC meeting. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will be there. Our 4 chief ministers will also attend the meeting,” he said.
The meeting will be a game changer in Telangana politics, KC Venugopal said,” We will discuss the upcoming elections of the 5 states. We will surely form government in five states including Telangana. The meeting is going to be a game changer in Telangana politics. We will launch six guarantees to the people of Telangana and we will fulfil them within a month after coming to power.”
He further informed that the extended CWC meeting will also be held. Moreover, a public rally will be organised on September 17.
