At an extended CWC meeting held here on Sunday, the senior brass of the Congress discussed developing a plan for the forthcoming Assembly and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as well as strategies to improve the organization.
The newly formed Congress Working Committee (CWC) had its first meeting on Saturday.
The extended meeting of the top decision-making body of the party featured state party heads, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leaders, parliamentary party office-bearers, and members of its Central Election Committee in addition to ordinary members, permanent invitees, and special invitees.
Later in the day, when Telangana marks Telangana National Integration Day to commemorate the day the princely State of Hyderabad joined the Indian Union in 1948, the Congress will host a sizable rally in Tukkuguda, a town close to Hyderabad.
The party would make six promises for the Telangana assembly elections during the gathering.
The CWC members, its state unit presidents, and CLP leaders would spread out to the several assembly seats, while the Congress MPs will return to Delhi for the special session of Parliament after the rally.
The Congress made a strong case for social justice on Saturday as it prepared for the forthcoming Assembly and the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. It also vowed to make the opposition INDIA alliance a “ideological and electoral success” in order to rid the nation of “divisive politics.”
The party also demanded that the women’s reservation bill be passed during the upcoming special session of Parliament, that a caste census be conducted, and that the limit of reservation for SCs, STs, and OBCs be raised after about five hours of discussion at the first meeting of the newly constituted Congress Working Committee.
The concept of “one nation, one election” was also rejected by the resolution, which referred to it as an assault on the federal government.
In a resolution passed by the CWC on Saturday, the Congress repeated its call for a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the Adani case and denounced any attempt to amend the nation’s Constitution.
The CWC finally convened outside of Delhi, a move perceived as an effort to strengthen the support base in Telangana ahead of the state’s upcoming elections and launch a full-scale coup against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
The CWC “wholeheartedly” applauded the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance’s (INDIA) ongoing formation, asserting that it has already alarmed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.
“The CWC reiterates the Congress party’s resolve to make the INDIA (bloc) initiative an ideological and electoral success so that our country is freed from divisive and polarising politics, the forces of social equity and justice are strengthened, and the people get a Union Government that is responsible, responsive, sensitive, transparent, and accountable,” the resolution read.
On August 20, the CWC was recreated by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who kept the old guard and made room for the new in the 84-member council.
The CWC has 32 permanent invitees, 13 special invitees, and 39 ordinary members. These include 15 women as well as numerous fresh faces, like as regular members Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot, and Gaurav Gogoi.
