Onus on Congress to protect the Constitution, democracy: Kharge

The Congress party laid the foundation of the Constitution and democracy and the responsibility of protecting them also lies with it, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge told the extended Congress Working Committee that met at Telangana's capital on Sunday to brainstorm on the upcoming elections.

- Saubhadra Chatterji

The year 2024 marks the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi becoming Congress president and removing the Bharatiya Janata. Party from power next year will be a "true tribute" to him, he said. Kharge, under whose charge the Congress has won two assembly polls so far, asked party leaders to "continuously raise" basic issues and expose the "shortcomings and anti-people policies" of the BJP, reminding them that "the Modi government does politics of distracting and diverting people from their basic issues by bringing new issues." On Sunday, the extended panel, which includes chief ministers, state unit chiefs and legislative party leaders, besides members of the working committee, met to discuss the party's strategy for the upcoming assembly and 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The campaign planning comes in the backdrop of the working committee's deliberations and resolution on various issues and policies on Saturday.