Belagavi (Karnataka): Amid the Congress Working Committee (CWC) assembly being held in Belagavi, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that the celebration is conducting the ‘Nav Satyagraha Baithak’, a brand new satyagraha, in response to the present authorities’s deal with “spreading lies and hatred.” He underscored {that a} century in the past, a Congress session led by Mahatma Gandhi had additionally taken place in the identical location.
“100 years in the past, at this very place, a Congress session led by Mahatma Gandhi was held. At this time, we’re holding the ‘Nav Satyagraha Baithak’ as a result of a brand new satyagraha is required to counter these in energy, whose sole process is to unfold lies and hatred,” Ramesh stated.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar additionally emphasised the celebration’s legacy, asserting that “the Congress’s historical past is the nation’s historical past.”
Talking to ANI, the Deputy CM remarked, “The Congress has stored this nation united and has all the time cared for all sections of society, whether or not in energy or not. The Congress’s historical past is the historical past of the nation.”
Earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defined the importance of organising the CWC assembly in Belagavi. “To mark 100 years of the 1924 Congress session, we’re holding this conference right here, and the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has determined to convene a CWC assembly in Karnataka underneath the chairmanship of Mallikarjun Kharge.”
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi additionally attended the prolonged CWC assembly in Belagavi.
Congress MP Sonia Gandhi is reportedly prone to skip the assembly as a result of ailing well being. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, presently accompanying her, might also miss the occasion if Sonia Gandhi’s situation doesn’t enhance, sources stated.
The Congress is internet hosting its CWC assembly on December 26 and 27 in Belagavi to commemorate the centenary of the 1924 Congress session.
