Congress plenary session: The 85th Congress plenary session began on Friday. The brainstorming session is politically crucial for the party as it is going to contest a cycle of elections, including the General Election 2024.
The 85th Congress session is starting today in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. In this three-day session, the party will chalk out a strategy for the 2023 assembly and 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Along with this, decisions will be made on the Congress party's committees and other structures.
Recalling the two warring sides of the epic Mahabharat, Rahul said the BJP, like the Kauravas, fought for power, while his party, on the lines of the Pandavas, battled for truth.
While Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi took the centrestage at the two-day session, Priyanka was managing the stage management.
Sitharaman's response came as Rahul recalled the two warring sides of the epic Mahabharat and said that the BJP, like the Kauravas, fought for power, while his party, on the lines of the Pandavas, battled for truth.
Taking the ruling BJP on, Gandhi said the party sought to divert people's attention from issues such as unemployment and farm distress with "fancy events".
"The BJP-led government messed up the Indian economy. The ill-considered demonetisation and hastily implemented GST have destroyed small scale enterprises," he said.
"Will India live a lie or will India have the courage to face the truth? Today, the corrupt and powerful control the conversation in the country," said Rahul.
BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao on Saturday night said the Congress is incapable of mounting a political challenge against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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