At AICC Key Meet, Congress Adopts Resolution To Get Back To Power In Gujarat After 30 Years
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) session in Ahmedabad adopted a special resolution to bring the Congress back to power in Gujarat. The resolution outlines the party's strategy to get back to power with the motto of 'Nutan Gujarat, Nutan Congress'.
In the All India Congress Committee (AICC) session in Ahmedabad, a special resolution focusing on bringing the Congress back to power in Gujarat was adopted, reports news agency PTI, quoting a party leader. According to the report, Gujarat Congress spokesperson Hiren Banker confirmed that the resolution was adopted during the session held on the banks of the Sabarmati River. Addressing a press conference earlier today, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said it was the first time in his party's history that a state-specific resolution had been brought during an AICC session. Titled 'Why Congress is needed in Gujarat,' the resolution outlines the party's strategy to get back to power with the motto of Nutan Gujarat, Nutan Congress' (new Gujarat, new Congress), he said.
On being asked why this resolution has been brought, the Congress leader said, This session is being held in Gujarat, and we have been out of power in this state for the last 30 years. It was Congress that laid the foundation of Gujarat's development back in the 1960s and 70s. However, Gujarat's development suffered a blow under the BJP rule. That is why we are bringing this special resolution on Gujarat during today's session, he said.
Ramesh also added that this resolution, titled Why Congress Is Needed in Gujara't, will outline the party's strategy to get back to power, the issues faced by people, economic policies that we will implement, and what we can do for the students, traders, farmers, laborers, middle class, and industrialists, and not just for one or two crony capitalist friends of the state.
Ramesh, clearing the party's stand on businessmen, said that Congress was always in support of genuine businessmen, especially those running small and medium enterprises, but not one or two corporations that get all the benefits.
According to Ramesh, 80 percent of the country's stainless steel units are in Gujarat, but one-third of them have now been shut because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not impose any restrictions on the Chinese imports. This is also an important issue we want to highlight, he added.
If you see the statistics of the social sector, such as education and health, Gujarat, despite being a developed state, is behind states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, he claimed. He said it was the first time such a state-centric resolution was being moved for discussion in the AICC session. In our 140-year history, this is happening for the first time when we are bringing a state-specific resolution during an AICC session, the Congress leader further added.
The motto of this resolution is 'Nutan Gujarat, Nutan Congress', Ramesh said. Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been under BJP rule since 1995. In the 2022 Gujarat assembly elections, the Congress won only 17 of the 182 seats in the state. But the party’s strength in the House came down to 12 after the resignation of five MLAs.
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