Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged social gathering staff to start preparations for elections a yr in advance– a plan essential for the Delhi and Bihar polls due subsequent yr, cautioned {that a} beneficial ambiance forward of polls doesn’t at all times translate into victory and referred to as on leaders to determine native points vital for state elections fairly than relying on “nationwide points and nationwide leaders”.
The senior chief’s feedback got here on the first assembly of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) because the social gathering started deliberations on its poor efficiency within the Maharashtra and Haryana meeting elections. Kharge additionally mentioned, “Resulting from our repeated defeats, fascist forces are making their roots deeper. One after the other they’re additionally taking on the establishments of the state.”
In his opening speech, Kharge mentioned, “The ambiance was in our favour through the elections. However simply the ambiance being in our favour is just not a assure of victory. We must be taught to transform the ambiance into outcomes,” and requested the rationale for the social gathering not being “capable of reap the benefits of the ambiance”.
With polls in Delhi and Bihar due subsequent yr, the Congress president additionally emphasised on early preparations.
“The current election outcomes additionally point out that we should always begin our election preparations within the states no less than one yr prematurely. Our groups needs to be current within the discipline earlier than time. The very first thing we should always do is to verify the voter lists in order that our supporters’ votes stay within the record below all circumstances,” he mentioned.
Pushing for modifications within the social gathering’s ballot technique, Kharge mentioned, “We now have to see each day what your political opponent is doing. We now have to take well timed selections. Accountability must be fastened.”
“Typically we ourselves change into our largest enemy. We’ll speak negatively and depressingly about ourselves and say that we should not have any narrative, then I ask whose duty is it to create the narrative and convey it to the general public?” he mentioned.
On the current elections, Kharge mentioned, “These outcomes are a message for us.”
“We might have misplaced the elections, however there isn’t any doubt that unemployment, inflation, financial inequality are burning problems with this nation. Caste census can be an vital problem right now. Points like structure, social justice and concord are problems with the individuals,” he mentioned, whilst he underlined the significance of native points for state elections.
“…this doesn’t imply that we overlook the vital native points within the electoral states. Additionally it is vital to grasp the totally different problems with the states intimately in time and make a stable marketing campaign technique round it,” he added.
“How lengthy will you combat the state elections with the assistance of nationwide points and nationwide leaders?” the Congress president requested.
Kharge harped on inner self-discipline and identified {that a} “lack of unity and statements towards one another” are likely to hurt the social gathering.
“Until we combat elections unitedly and cease making statements towards one another, how will we be capable of defeat our opponents politically?” he requested.
“Subsequently, it will be important that we strictly comply with self-discipline. We now have to stay united below all circumstances. The social gathering additionally has the weapon of self-discipline. However we don’t wish to put our colleagues in any bondage. Subsequently, everybody must assume that the victory of the Congress social gathering is our victory and the defeat is our defeat. Our energy lies within the energy of the social gathering,” he mentioned.
He additionally emphasised on bettering the methods of contesting elections in each state of affairs.
“The instances have modified. The methods of contesting elections have modified. We must make our micro-communication technique higher than the opponents. Methods to combat propaganda and misinformation may also should be discovered. We must transfer ahead by studying classes from the earlier outcomes. The shortcomings should be eliminated. Powerful selections must be taken with confidence,” Kharge mentioned.
“Resulting from our repeated defeats, fascist forces are making their roots deeper. One after the other they’re additionally taking on the establishments of the state,” he mentioned.
