Belagavi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said that Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra represented ‘Stree Shakti’ and likened her to icons who fought against the British — Kittur Rani Chennamma and ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ Lakshmi Bai– and hailed Rahul Gandhi as a symbol of ‘Yuva Shakti’.
Addressing the ‘Gandhi Bharat’ event here, Kharge said the Congress has organised the event to commemorate the centenary of lone Congress session held in Belagavi, which Mahatma Gandhi had chaired as the grand old party’s president way back in 1924.
“If we are to reach unity of hearts, we must each be prepared to perform an adequate measure of sacrifice”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
100 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi took over as Congress President at Belagavi (Belgaum Session) of the Indian National Congress. Today, it was my privilege… pic.twitter.com/6S1qTEJlWN
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) January 21, 2025
कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge ने ‘जय बापू, जय भीम, जय संविधान’ अभियान की शुरुआत की।
इस मौके पर कांग्रेस महासचिव श्रीमती @priyankagandhi जी, संगठन महासचिव श्री @kcvenugopalmp, कर्नाटक के प्रभारी महासचिव श्री @rssurjewala, कर्नाटक के मुख्यमंत्री श्री @siddaramaiah, उप-मुख्यमंत्री… pic.twitter.com/Y0eOxvVKX3
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 21, 2025
At the ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’ rally, Congress President Shri @kharge paid tribute to former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and highlighted India’s remarkable economic growth under his leadership.
During Dr. Singh’s tenure as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014,… pic.twitter.com/243ZmDpout
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 21, 2025
RSS-BJP के लोग संविधान को जलाने और ख़त्म करने वाले लोग हैं। ये देश को तोड़ने वाले लोग हैं।
राहुल गांधी जी ने तो देश को जोड़ने के लिए कन्याकुमारी से कश्मीर तक पद यात्रा की।
जनसंघ के संस्थापक श्यामा प्रसाद मुखर्जी लोगों से कहते थे कि ‘भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन’ में भाग मत लो।
यही… pic.twitter.com/lXhKOjF3c4
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 21, 2025
“If there is Kittur Chennamma it’s Priyanka Gandhi. If there is ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’, it’s Priyanka Gandhi. She is very strong. She stabilised the family after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. “We have Stree Shakti (in Priyanka Gandhi) and Yuva Shakti, which is Rahul Gandhi,” he said.
Themed as ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’, the event targetted Union Home Minister Amit Shah for “insulting” the Indian Constitution and its architect B R Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha recently.
The Union Minister has dismissed the allegation as a “lie”.
Kharge also recalled Gandhi’s famous statement delivered in Belagavi, ‘Main Jinda Rahna chahta hoon Bharat ke liye, Marna chahta hoon Bharat ke liye (I want to live for India and die for India).
He claimed that Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Gandhi, was the disciple of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah show respect for Gandhi, they actually worship Godse, he added.
The Congress veteran also accused the BJP of “playing a game” by alleging differences between Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Gandhi and Ambedkar.
Countering the BJP’s claim that Congress insulted Ambedkar by ensuring his defeat, Kharge showed a letter to the public, which he claimed was written by Ambedkar to his friend Kamalakant where he mentioned that Savarkar and S A Dange were responsible for his defeat.
“The BJP today keeps chanting Ambedkar’s name and bows before the Constitution. What drama is this? If there is anyone who burnt the Constitution, Ambedkar and Nehru’s statues, it’s BJP and the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha,” Kharge said.
The Congress chief said it was the grand old party which helped Ambedkar win the election. He also alleged that the RSS is “troubling” Dalits and backward communities in the universities while there are recruitment for Dalits in the government sector.
On the surveys of mosques happening in the country, Kharge said, “BJP and RSS are tracing temples beneath mosques. Why are they doing this? They will repent because this is dangerous for the unity of the country.”
The veteran Congress leader took a dig at Modi for his purported statement that people came to know about Mahatma Gandhi after watching Richard Attenborough’s movie titled “Gandhi”.
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