The 136th day of the founding of the Indian National Congress will be observed through various campaigns on December 28. The All India Congressional Committee earlier asked state units to come up with innovative campaign ideas to connect with youth. Tiranga Yatra and Selfie with Tiranga are two campaigns that the party has apparently launched to engage people in the platform of nationalism. However, Rahul Gandhi is out of India and will be absent for a few days, congressional spokesman Randeep Surjewala confirmed on Sunday after reports of his departure from the country a day before the party’s founding day began to spread. circulate on social media.
The focus of this founding day will also be on the ongoing farmers’ protest that the party has been supporting from the beginning. Rahul Gandhi has also sharpened his attack on the government and Prime Minister Modi regarding the farmers’ protest.
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The Indian National Congress was formed on December 28, 1885, and its first session was held in then-Bombay from December 28-31. Umesh Chandra Banerjee was the first president of Congress.
“INC has been at the forefront of efforts to forge a secular, democratic and united India, an India that is a world leader in all fields and has always put India first despite all odds and obstacles. The INC fought and won the independence of India, forged the constitutional idea of India, transformed the nation from one of the poorest (when India gained independence) in the world to a global superpower, “said AICC in its press release. .
The anniversary comes at a time when the Great Old Party is fighting crises both within and without. The electoral crisis has been aggravated by a rebellion inside, as several veteran leaders of Congress, including some former CMs, wrote a letter demanding organizational reforms in the party.
On December 19, Congress Speaker Sonia Gandhi met with dissidents and several other high-ranking leaders at her 10th residence on Janpath, where it has been indicated that there will be elections for the office of president. It emerged that most of the leaders at the meeting were of the opinion that they want Rahul Gandhi as president. The last election was held in 1997 under Sitaram Kesri in the Calcutta plenary.
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