Ahmedabad, Sept. 12 -- Congress leader and Gujarat state Congress in-charge Randeep Surjewala on Saturday said that the party's social, economic and political ideas had been shaped by Gujarat, noting that the ideology of the Congress was born on this very land.

Addressing a meeting in Ahmedabad, Surjewala said, "Today we have exchanged social, economic, and political ideas of Gujarat. The ideas of the Congress were born here..."

Emphasising the legacy of India's freedom movement and its prominent leaders who originated from the state, the Congress leader highlighted the core values associated with Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

"I repeatedly tell my colleagues one thing: whenever we take the names of Bapu and Sardar Patel...