Senior Congress chief and Rajya Sabha member Pramod Tiwari on Monday mentioned somebody from the Gandhi household must be the social gathering’s president, stressing that there will probably be a fragmentation within the social gathering if it doesn’t occur.
Election for the submit of Congress chief will probably be held on October 17 and the consequence will probably be declared on October 19.
“Gandhi household ought to lead the Congress, it’s my want… I’m not speaking about Congressmen, it’s my very own want,” Tiwari informed reporters right here when requested in regards to the new Congress president. He additional mentioned, “And the rationale for that is that each time the Congress president shouldn’t be from the Gandhi household, there’s fragmentation throughout the social gathering.”
Tiwari prevented answering ‘who could be the president, Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’, saying, “I’m speaking in regards to the Gandhi household.” Focusing on the BJP authorities on the Centre, Tiwari mentioned, “The Congress introduced round 27 crore individuals out of the poverty line throughout its rule on the Centre, whereas the BJP, throughout its eight-year rule, pushed again 23 crore individuals beneath poverty line.”
Accusing the BJP of dividing the society, the senior Congress chief mentioned, “The nation is being divided on the idea of caste, faith, language, meals and gown. For this, planning is completed in Delhi and later it’s carried out.”
“They (BJP) try to spoil the nation by doing this. The working fashion of BJP is just like that of the British East India Firm. The British additionally dominated by dividing within the title of caste, faith, language, and area, and the identical is being finished by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his social gathering right this moment,” he alleged.
With inputs from News18