Congress will come to power at Centre in 2029 under Rahul’s leadership: Adhir at Martyr’s Days rally

Prophesying a change of guard at the Centre in 2029, former West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday exhorted party workers to stay united so as to facilitate the formation of a government under Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi after the next general election.

“People are gradually losing faith in the government at the Centre. In the 2029 elections, the Congress under the stewardship of Rahul
Gandhi would take over mantle at the Centre”, Chowdhury said addressing the Martyrs’ Day rally commemorating the 13 party activists
killed in police firing on this day in 1993.

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The former MP criticised the Narendra Modi-led government for the alleged NEET scam and the resultant suicides by students, accused the dispensation of gagging democracy and throttling freedom of speech by letting loose police on the peaceful agitation spearheaded by the students.

Chowdhury mocked the two parallel meetings organised by rival Trinamool Congress factions as “circus,” and attacked former chief
minister Mamata Banerjee for not making the Inquiry commission report of the 21 July commission public.

Calling upon Congress workers to close ranks and strengthen the organisation, he said the party was ready to welcome those workers who
had deserted the party in the state during TMC rule.

Bengal Pradesh Congress President Subhankar Sarkar, in his brief speech, lambasted the BJP for attacking party workers and vandalising buses to prevent them from attending the rally.

“The way the BJP activists attacked our workers in different parts of the state, shows the BJP is afraid of the Congress. As many as 11 persons have sustained injuries and are now undergoing treatment at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital,” Sarkar said.