Newly-appointed
Vice-President of the Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi, in his first inaugural
address at the Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) after donning
the Number -2 position in the organization, urged the entire rank and file of
his party to prepare for a change, to enable the country to grow from strength
to strength, at all levels of governance.
“I am optimistic and we have already put the
building-blocks in place. We need to transform the system of governance for a
better India, where all people get empowered with their voices heard and their
say being accounted for,”stated Rahul Gandhi. He said that power should not be
used for the attributes of power but for empowering the people.
Dedicating his life to the Congress Party and the
nation, he said that Congress is not just a political out-fit but is a big
family – biggest in the globe- and its DNA is Hindustani (Indian).
In a very straight-forward deliberation, the new
Vice-President of Congress Rahul Gandhi, forwarded that the party needs some
set of rules of internal governance and this could be possible only by way of
changing the old system.
“We need to develop leadership at all levels. We must
have 40 to 50 such leaders who can be fit enough to run the country. Likewise,
in every state there should be at least 10 to 20 leaders who can take the
responsibility to run the concerned state,” Rahul Gandhi said. The same should
be the case at district and local levels, he added.
About ticket distribution system for contesting
elections, he said that decision from top is taken but it should not be like
that. Party workers should be respected and be given due space in this regard,
he categorically said. About leaders, he said those who perform should be
honoured and those who don’t should be
ousted, he remarked. He also warned that actions must be taken against the
rebels in the party.
At the outset, he thanked all party workers of the
Congress for their toil, in strengthening the organization. “It is a honour for
me that I have been given a responsibility,” he very humbly forwarded. He also
thanked all for the learnings he got in the past eight years that he has been
in active politics.
“In 1947, India got liberated. We fought with British
Empire with non-violence and we defeated them and sent them back home. Mahatma
Gandhi’s successor Pt Nehru, Maluana Azad and many other visionaries gave voice
to millions of Indians. During last six decades of Independence, India has seen
Green Revolution, Banks’ Nationalisation, IT Revolution and all these have
empowered the people of our country in many ways,” said Rahul Gandhi.
Congress-led UPA to have
followed the great ideals of our nation-builders like Mahatma Gandhi., he said.
He talked about RTI, MNREGA, Right to Education and Food Security Bill and said
as how these have been aiming to empower the ‘Aam Aadmi’ of this country.
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