Cong resolution on 75th anniversary of Quit India
Lest the Modi government usurp credit for the Quit India movement on its 75th anniversary by adopting resolutions in both the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, the Congress on Tuesday held a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to remember the call by the Mahatma Gandhi-led AICC (All India Congress Committee) from Gawalia Tank in Mumbai on this day in 1942 to launch the final and biggest battle for India’s freedom.
The CWC meeting, chaired by Sonia Gandhi, adopted a resolution on this historic day “to defend the idea of India as envisioned by the leaders of the freedom movement and fight back and defeat the forces which seek to destroy our precious heritage.” It expressed grave concern over the planned and systemic assaults on the foundational values of the country, and the constitutional rights of our citizens.”
Sonia described the Quit India movement as a reminder that brute force can and must be resisted in the name of freedom and said: “Even when the odds appear to be against us, and the adversary appears all-powerful, we can succeed if we persevere in fighting for the India we believe in and cherish”.
“We must never bow before those who assault the liberty of the individual and of society. This is the task history enjoined upon us, to fight every inch of the way until we prevail and re-establish the values on which free India was founded and built since 1947,” she added.
The ''Quit India Movement'' was remarkable for the unprecedented and spontaneous mass participation of all sections of the Indian People,” the resolution said, stressing that this glorious struggle is worth recounting as the CWC meets to commemorate the epic struggle that shook the foundations of the British Raj.
It said the Congress has striven relentlessly in the past 75 years since it asked the British to quit India to realise the dreams of those who fought for the freedom.
“However, much remains to be done for the Socio economic emancipation of the disadvantaged, deprived and marginalized sections of our people. The Congress, has always stood for a secular, democratic and inclusive India and reaffirms its commitment to strive for the upliftment of the poor and empowerment of the weak and the vulnerable,” the resolution added.