No one is above the country, but Modi calls himself great: Sonia
"The country is not the property of a few but belongs to all of us," the Congress leader asserted.
"The country is not the property of a few but belongs to all of us," the Congress leader asserted.
The 77-year-old Congress leader chose to forgo contesting another election to retain her Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, which she had represented for five consecutive terms since 2004.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the maiden meeting of the CEC, in presence of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party's general secretary in charge of Organisation KC Venugopal, and other senior leaders, at the party headquarters here.
The Congress party said that the decision was taken by the party high command and Sonia Gandhi too wanted to contest from Rajasthan.
Neither the BJP fielded a third candidate, nor did the Opposition Congress try to play any politics till the end of the last day of withdrawal of nominations.
Prashant Kishor today met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and gave a detailed presentation on the strategy for the 2024 elections. Congress has said that the party at this point wants him to join the party rather than work as a consultant.
“The rising chorus of hatred, the unconcealed instigation of aggression and even crimes against the minorities is a far departure from the accommodating, syncretic traditions in our society.”
Congress president Sonia Gandhi met Maharashtra Congress MLAs at 10 Janpath in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the political situation of the state.
The meeting was reportedly called by Sonia Gandhi to unite the faction-ridden party in Himachal amid reports of dissent among youth leaders with the state leadership.
The Congress' 'G-23' group, which is seeking a party overhaul, seem to have toned down its demand of leadership change with its senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who met party chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday, saying there is no vacancy right now for the post of President and nobody asked her to quit.
