Rahul Gandhi has turn out to be a logo of “Bharat Jodo” (unite India) and might be seen in a brand new avatar put up the Congress’ pan-India march, senior social gathering chief Digvijaya Singh on Sunday mentioned.
Singh, who has been part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra because it began from Kanyakumari, informed PTI in an interview that the march has undoubtedly impacted the Congress positively as it’s for the primary time after a few years that the grand-old social gathering is being mentioned in distant areas, villages and individuals are very impressed that Rahul Gandhi is strolling all the best way.
The yatra will assist strengthen the social gathering, he mentioned whereas noting that the dedication to ideology and management is lacking within the Congress at current.
Rahul Gandhi is spearheading the yatra that started from Kanyakumari and can finish in Jammu and Kashmir. A bunch of Congress leaders will stroll 3,500 km through the march.
“On this nation, if anybody does ‘tyag’ (sacrifice), he’s all the time revered. Sonia Gandhi did ‘tyag’ of the prime minister’s put up. And right here, Rahul Gandhi is strolling, sweating within the warmth, standing within the rain, preventing all types of faux information and defamation. He has turn out to be a logo of Bharat jodo,” the previous Madhya Pradesh chief minister mentioned.
Requested which means has the Yatra helped Rahul, Singh mentioned, “Nicely, you shall see him now in his new avatar.” He mentioned he has identified Rahul for a very long time and as soon as he decides to do one thing, nothing can cease him from reaching that.
“The day he decides, nobody will be capable of cease him,” he mentioned on Rahul’s political journey ahead.
“Frankly, I’ve all the time seen him as a really extremely dedicated and ideologically dedicated particular person with a extremely inquisitive thoughts. He wouldn’t allow you to go till he has his solutions. And, he’s a prolific chief and really religious too,” the veteran Congress chief mentioned.
Singh, who has dropped out of the race for the put up of Congress president and have become proposer for social gathering veteran Mallikarjun Kharge, famous that the Congress is “extraordinarily poor” as an organisation as in comparison with the BJP organisation, which is a cadre-based social gathering.
The Congress is a part of a mass motion and new leaders emerge out of previous actions.
“Clearly, new management will emerge from the social gathering,” he mentioned, including those that are participating within the march have left their houses and displaying their dedication.
Elections for the Congress president’s put up will happen on October 17 and outcomes might be introduced on October 19.
The Congress veteran additionally dwelled on the weaknesses of the social gathering and efforts to beat them.
What’s lacking on this social gathering is the dedication to ideology and management, he rued, including the social gathering can also be giving confused indicators.
“One of many main weaknesses of the Congress social gathering is that it really works in silos. There is no such thing as a horizontal integration of all Congressmen on the innovative, which is the grassroot on the floor stage. Now we have tried this on this yatra. That is the format that we’re getting ready,” he mentioned.
Speaking concerning the yatra, he mentioned they’ve appointed coordinators for each state and district and the social gathering’s frontal our bodies and cells are additionally doing so, which can assist strengthen the organisation construction on the grassroot stage.
He mentioned social gathering leaders have been assigned identifiable duties to fill in and go to many households and supply suggestions.
The largest achievement of the yatra is that the media is taking a look at us now, he mentioned, including Congress employees are out of their residence, within the streets and on the roads now.
Singh additionally hit out at some Congress leaders, saying there are some leaders who’re consultants in all India politics however haven’t ventured out of their houses in Delhi.
The social gathering veteran, who has performed an necessary position within the organisation for a very long time, mentioned he’s amused that the BJP is criticising it and is reacting to it.
Requested what could be his recommendation to detractors of Rahul Gandhi and the social gathering, he mentioned, “Take a stroll”.
Requested if a brand new Digvijaya Singh would emerge from this yatra, Singh mentioned he stays a humble, right down to earth Congress employee.
Citing seven defamation circumstances filed in opposition to him, he mentioned whether or not he’s ready or not, he walks on the streets and fights them.