Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, get together leaders P. Chidambaram, Okay.C. Venugopal, Ajay Maken and others throughout the Congress Working Committee assembly on the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on November 29, 2024.
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The Congress Working Committee met in New Delhi on Friday (November 29, 2024) and adopted a decision alleging the integrity of your entire electoral course of was being severely compromised in opposition to which the get together would quickly launch a motion.
Within the decision of the highest physique of the Congress, the get together mentioned free and truthful elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being referred to as into “critical query by the partisan functioning of the Election Fee”.
The CWC, which met amid the continuing Winter Session of Parliament, mentioned the session has been a washout to this point due to the Narendra Modi authorities’s “cussed refusal” to have a right away dialogue on three urgent nationwide points — “the latest revelations relating to corruption by a enterprise group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal”.
Requested why the Congress Working Committee decision doesn’t title the enterprise group, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “The reply is the Adani group”.
“The CWC believes the integrity of your entire electoral course of is being severely compromised. Free and truthful elections is a Constitutional mandate that’s being referred to as into critical query by the partisan functioning of the Election Fee.
“Growing sections of society have gotten pissed off and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public issues as a nationwide motion,” the decision acknowledged.
Addressing a joint press convention together with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, get together normal secretary, organisation, Okay.C. Venugopal mentioned the get together mentioned the political state of affairs within the nation for four-and-half hours and adopted the decision.
He mentioned the CWC has determined to represent inside committees to look into electoral efficiency and organisational issues.
In regards to the Meeting ballot ends in Maharashtra, Mr. Venugopal mentioned the electoral end result within the State was “past regular understanding and it seems to be a transparent case of focused manipulation”.
Revealed – November 29, 2024 09:01 pm IST
