Cong plans nationwide stir against Centre over jobs, prices, education
New Delhi, June 12 -- The Congress on Thursday announced a nationwide campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government over issues such as unemployment, inflation and recurring examination paper leaks, a day after the BJP marked PM Modi becoming the country's longest continuously serving elected premier, party leaders aware of the matter said.
The decision was made at a meeting of Pradesh Congress Committee presidents, AICC general secretaries and state in-charges chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The agitation is likely to begin by the end of June and continue for two to three months, party leaders said.
In the meeting, Rahul Gandhi asked the leaders to have "agitational energy."
"Under the leadership of INC President Mallikarjun Kharge ji and LoP Rahul Gandhi ji, attended the meeting with AICC general secretaries, in-charges and PCC presidents from across India to discuss the present political situation. Unemployment, rampant paper leaks, skyrocketing inflation and economic destruction caused by the Modi government's disastrous policies were part of the agenda," Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal said in a post on X after the meeting. "We also discussed the state of our democracy, the threats to our Constitution and the need to continue our fight for social justice," he added.
Addressing reporters after the meeting, Venugopal said the party had also discussed the rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination and would challenge the matter both politically and legally.
"This is a clear-cut case of seat theft. They are taking MPs from other parties, making them resign and then turning them into BJP lawmakers. We will fight this legally and politically," he said....
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