Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi blames BJP for keeping polarisation politics alive targetting the minorities on the opening day of the 3 day Chintan Shivir

The three day chintan shivir of Congress party started at Udaipur today amidst scorching heat with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi addressing it after opening of the first day session. The former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi reached the venue by train from Delhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi too has reached there in time.

The three day chintan shivir being convened after string of Congress defeats including in the five states polls even losing Punjab, where it ruled, in the recently held elections, the party is concentrating on revitalising and restructuring the organisation from grass root level strengthening its booths, mandal and blocks at the pan India level. Keeping in view the debacle faced by the party with just two states left where it rules viz Rajasthan and Chattisgarh, the party intends to come out with a decisive strategy. While, a formula of one family one ticket has been unambiguously declared with Gandhi family also to adhere to it special emphasis is being given to strengthen the organisation at mandal, booth and block levels nationally.

Addressing a press conference before the commencement of the party’s ‘Chintan Shivir’, Congress general secretary and Rajasthan observer Ajay Maken, while acknowledging that the organisation needed an overhaul to keep pace with the changing times, said, these “big changes” are in store for the party organisation and it will completely transform its working style going forward. He said there is unanimity on establishing Mandal committees between booth and block level in party organisation, which will further help strengthen the organisation.

Addressing about 400 delegates present in the Chintan Shivir, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi while accusing the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party of incessantly continuing with its polarising politics, dividing the nation and suppressing n oppressing the minorities appealed to Congress men that the time has come to pay back to the party at this most critical juncture. She added that the time has come to show courage, pay back to the party in order to bring change expeditiously.
Criticizing the central government led by BJP Sonia Gandhi said that now one can understand as to what it means by BJP’s slogan of maximum governance and less government. This means to keep countrymen in constant fear n apprehension, targetting the minorities exclusively in order to inflict atrocities on them who are the equal citizens of the country as enshrined in our Constitution said Sonia Gandhi. He added that this chintan Shivir is extremely significant to discuss on the challenges being confronted by the countrymen n opposition parties at the behest of RSS and BJP. Appealing to counter these divisive forces cohesively and strongly she appealed for restructuring and strengthening the party at the grass root level. Emphasising on one ticket to one party Congress interim president catagorically said that this formula will also apply to Gandhi family. The two Congress chief Ministers Ashok Gehlot of Rajasthan, Bhupesh Baghel of Rajasthan had also reached the Chintan Shivir quite in time with total 400 delegates participating in this Congress party revamping session for three days.

Former Congress CM of Uttarakhand and member CWC Harish Rawat in his post said : The views n suggestions given by the participants in the Udaipur Chintan Shivir pn the first day were of high standard and significance. The first day’s achievement was the enthusiasm and zeal of the participants to make Congress strong n result oriented. The speech of Smt Sonia Gandhi encouraged every Congressmen to take a pledge to strengthen the party, confront every challenge, safeguard our nation and protect Democratic traditions, constitutional values and communal harmony in order to pursue the aims n objectives for social justice n equality for the good of the nation.