Ahead of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress party on Wednesday announced that its Working Committee (CWC) will meet in Wardha on October 2 and launch its year-long door-to-door campaign, “Lok Samparh Abhigyan”.
The Congress said that Wardha was the place where the CWC had adopted the Quit India resolution against the British on July 14, 1942, and once again, the party would campaign for “fear, hatred and violence to quit the country”.
Apart from a peace march and a prayer meet, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will also address a public meeting.
The move is being seen as an attempt to reclaim Mahatma Gandhi as part of the Congress legacy.
Top leaders will attend
Top party leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will be present at Wardha-Sevagram, the place where Mahatma Gandhi lived from 1936 until his death.
“Those people who believed in the fascist forces have now started taking Mahatma Gandhi’s name. Those who don’t believe in democracy and believe in violence are doing politics in his name,” said Congress General Secretary Ashok Gehlot at a press conference here.
“...This is a fight between fear, lies and violence on one hand and truth and courage exemplified by Mahatma Gandhi [on the other]. Today, again, we are giving a call for fear, lies, violence, corruption and scams to quit India,” Congress communication chief Randeep Surjewala said.
Though Mr. Gandhi’s exact programme agenda was not shared, he is expected to meet farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs from the area.
