Udaipur has been hosting top Congress leaders as the grand old party organizes its fourth Chintan Shivir since the first time in 1998 in Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh.
In his inaugural address at Chintan Shivir on Friday, Sonia Gandhi Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mantra of ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’, he alleged that it was keeping the country in a permanent state of polarisation.
Urging the party leaders to hold discussions with an open mind and send a clear message of strong organization and unity, he said the camp is also an opportunity to deliberate on the many challenges facing the party.
“It’s Both”concernsAbout ‘National issues and meaningful’introspection‘ (introspection) about our party organisation,” she said.
The 1998 Chintan Shivir was also organized during a difficult time for these Congress, but the Udaipur conference is the most challenging yet. With two years to go for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the Congress is yet to make it home. It has recently lost power in Punjab, has yet to hold organizational elections as demanded by a dissident group of 23, and may have to repeat the Gandhi family’s first-par position with the relaxation of ‘one family, one ticket’. Is. Rule.
As the party tries to forge a united front in Udaipur, here’s a look at Congress contemplation camps of the past:
Pachmarhi, 1998
The brainstorming camp in the hill station was also held months after the Congress fell to 141 seats in the Lok Sabha in the general elections. In her inaugural address, Sonia expressed concern over the loss of the party’s social base among voters and infighting in the ranks, as in the present.
“Electoral reversals are inevitable and are not, in themselves, a cause for concern. But the disturbing thing is that our social base is being eroded. It is also worrying that inter-party discord takes up so much of our time and energy when it should be used to work together,” she had said.
Nearly 10 years after India saw her first coalition government at the Centre, Sonia Gandhi stunned observers by virtually rejecting alliances.
“The fact that we are going through an alliance phase in national level politics shows the downfall of the Congress in many ways. This is a passing phase and we will come back again in full force and on our own. ,
The party declared that “an alliance would be considered only when absolutely necessary and that too based on agreed programs that would not undermine the party or compromise its core ideology”.
Adopting a 14-point plan, it called for preference in government employment and promotion for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and minorities. It also laid special emphasis on population control, saying “any party member who becomes the parent of more than two children after 1 January 2000, for election to or election to any party office or a candidate of any party.” shall be ineligible for selection as
An important detail amidst the current demand for organizational elections in Congress, in the 1998 camp, the party decided to establish a Congress Election Authority to oversee free and fair elections “at all levels of the party”.
Shimla, 2003
The time between Pachmarhi and Shimla was a tumultuous one for the Congress. The party suffered a severe defeat in the 1999 general elections, being reduced to 114 seats in the Lok Sabha. Senior leaders Sharad Pawar, Tariq Ansar and PA Sangma revolted against Sonia Gandhi and walked out of the party.
Learning from Pachmarhi, the party took a softer stand on coalition politics and called for unity of secular parties. It called on “progressive-minded men and women, institutions and political movements that share our understanding of India’s past, our concerns with India’s present, and our vision of India’s future to join this historic endeavour.” We do.”
In the Shimla camp, the party had promised to bring the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. It also promised nutritional security, social insurance and land reforms.
Jaipur, 2013
Rahul Gandhi’s stamp was in the 2013 Chintan Shivir in Jaipur. This was the party’s first camp while in power; By then it had been nine years. Rahul Gandhi’s “power is poison” remark was pushed to headline space along with the fact that he was promoted to Congress vice-president.
However, public perception of the party struggled after several scandals and the widely popular anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare. As the buzz of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi grew, the Congress announced in Jaipur that it would seek votes based on the performance of the Manmohan Singh government.
“The performance of the Congress-led UPA government, promises stability and good governance and its core values and ideology – secularism, nationalism, social justice, social integration, and economic growth for all, especially those representing the poor and middle class. ‘Common man’.
The use of the phrase “aam aadmi” is poignant, yet pointless because it was from the Anna Hazare movement that Arvind Kejriwal rose to form the Aam Aadmi Party, which is now projecting itself as the main opposition to the BJP. Congress in Delhi and Punjab in a span of 10 years.
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