New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal on Wednesday hailed the outcome of the US midterm elections, calling it a "powerful demonstration" of the collective strength of ordinary citizens against authoritarian tendencies, corporate backing, and polarising media ecosystems.

Taking to social media platform X, the senior Congress leader asserted that "change is in the air" and emphasised that true democracy rests in the hands of everyday citizens rather than influential elites.

"Change is in the air. The midterm results in the US are a powerful demonstration of how people's collective strength can take on and defeat authoritarian tendencies, even when they are backed by big corporations, a compromised med...