Rahul chairs his first CWC meet, slams BJP
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday chaired his first Congress Working Committee, the highest decision- making body of the party, and termed the 2G court verdict, acquitting all the accused, as a vindication of the party’s stand.
Flanked by his mother Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mr Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the BJP and said that its whole foundation and architecture were based on lies.
Sources said th CWC also discussed indiscipline in the party in the backdrop of senior party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s “neech” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Though no names were mentioned, some members raised the issue of leaders making “irrelevant” statements that hurt the party and adversely impacted its prospects in elections.
Speaking after the meeting, Mr Gandhi said, “I think 2G has been a vindication. The whole architecture of the BJP is about lies. The whole structure is about lies. If you see the ‘ Modi model in Gujarat’, it was a lie… clearly… When we went to Gujarat and we spoke to the people of Gujarat, they said there is no model. What is going on is the stealing of resources of the people of Gujarat and that is their design.”
He also questioned the “silence” of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the changes made in the Rafale deal to
At every stage, the BJP wanted to polarise the election but we wanted to keep everybody together and fight anger with love, respect and courage — Rahul Gandhi, Cong president