AICC president Malikarjun Kharge showed his loyalty towards dynasty in an unequivocal term --
“Hum aapke peeche chal rahe hain” (We are all walking behind you)."
The remark is in reference to Rahul's so-called crusade against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Narendra Modi-led regime.
According to insiders who attended the CWC meeting - Kharge was quickly countered by Rahul Gandhi himself in a mild manner.
Rahul Gandhi reportedly told Kharge -- “Bahut peeche toh nahin hain?” (You all are not too far behind me , I hope?)
The remark - in a Congress culture and given to unquestionable sycophancy - drew laughter -- as expected.
Kharge seemingly embarrassed - tried to correct himself and remarkd :
“Hum aapke saath chal rahe hain” (We are walking alongside you).
At the Congress Working Committee meeting, leaders backed Rahul Gandhi's attack on alleged Election Commission irregularities while exchanges between Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor reportedly lightened the room.
The discussion also underlined the party's plan to take the issue to the streets and sharpen its political message.
Kharge-Rahul banter to dig at Tharoor: Inside story of Congress Working Committee meet
‘CONGRESS KISI KE SAHARE NAHIN’ (Congress is not dependent on anyone -- meaning Opposition unity is already shaken)
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The episode unfolded on a day Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav virtually snubbed the INDI-alliance and said he will give Sept 30 meet of the alliance a miss.
The CWC also discussed taking the issue to the ground and turning it into a wider people’s movement, including references to the CJP movement and the demand for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Party's Lok Sabha MP from Kerala, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stressed that the Congress was not dependent on anyone to fight the issue.
“Congress kisi ke sahare nahin hai” (Congress is not dependent on anybody), she said, according to a leader present at the meeting.
“We have been raising this issue from the very beginning, and we are competent enough to fight this battle alone. We don’t need to depend on anybody.”
The leader said another CWC member remarked that Gyanesh Kumar was “very obstinate” and would never resign.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra responded:
“Why will he not resign? Didn’t Dharmendra Pradhan resign? He had to. We will keep agitating on the streets and build momentum till he is forced to resign.”
Understandably these utterances suggest Dharmendra Pradhan had to quit to owing to Congress pressure.
This is far from the truth. If anyone can claim credit for Pradhan's ouster from the cabinet it is the Gen Z protest anchored for more than a month by the CJP.
'WILL YOU ATTEND?' KHARGE’S DIG AT THAROOR
Another supposedly lighter moment came when Congress MP Shashi Tharoor suggested that the party should organise an event around Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary (Oct 2) - , arguing that the BJP could otherwise use the occasion to build its own narrative.
Kharge almost left Tharoor red-faced and asked whether the Kerala leader (who often goes soft on BJP) would actually attend such an event organised by the party -- or whether Congress leaders would only see him on X and read his articles in newspapers.
“Kharge ji immediately asked Tharoor whether he would be present for any such event organised by the party, or whether they would only see him on X or read his articles in newspapers.
It was a light-hearted comment, but it made many leaders smile and laugh” another insider says.
Among Congress leaders also it is generally expected that Kharge’s remarks - when made jokingly - also more often carry political overtones.
This was not the first instance of Kharge taking a dig at Tharoor.
At an earlier CWC meeting, the Congress president had made a veiled reference to “good-looking netas” who are popular on television and write articles in newspapers.
Kharge had suggested that such leaders (like Tharoor) should also have taken up the “shuddhikaran” issue with the same spirit.
Kharge was referring to the Haldwani "purification" row after his visit, over which he had expressed disappointment that some senior Congress leaders had not spoken out strongly.
Pure humour or impure politics -- all does not seem well.
More they smile : More BJP likes it ?
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