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“Since its inception, the PLO and India, under the rule of Congress party, have maintained closed cooperation. We will remain grateful to India for its policy towards preserving the rights of Palestinians, particularly with in the United Nations,” said Dr Nabeel Shaath, advisor to the Palestinian president in a letter written on behalf of president Mahmoud Abbas.

“We highly appreciate the significant role played by the leaders of Congress party namely Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the NAM in defending the Palestinian cause. And we are quite confident that newly elected leader, Rahul Gandhi will follow the path of his ancestors in promoting relations and friendship between the people of two countries.”

Sonia Gandhi criticised Modi government, saying that in its arrogance the government has tried everything to destroy the Congress. Calling Modi a dictator, Sonia said that "we are exposing their false promises in front of the people.”

"Today I am saddened to see that Modi government is weakening and ignoring the schemes and programs implemented during UPA. Congress has never cowered down and it will never cower down."

Give importance to Hindi and regional languages of the country, says Mrinal Pandey

The resolution said that the judicial system needed urgent reforms for effective and timely dispensation of justice and said the huge pendency of cases and providing affordable justice remains a big challenge that needs to be addressed.

"The Congress condemns the BJP government for brazen abuse of power and misuse of central agencies for targeted political vendetta to harass, humiliate and persecute its political opponents,” the resolution said and added, “the Congress party warns the BJP and its government that its undemocratic methods and acts to curtail liberty, freedom of expression and violation of fundamental rights of its citizens as enshrined in the Constitution will be strongly resisted.”

The political resolution called for reverting to the old practice of paper ballot as adopted by other major democracies to help restore the credibility of the electoral process. This, it said, was necessary as there were misgivings on "misuse" of EVMs to "manipulate the outcome contrary to popular verdict".

It also said that the BJP's move of simultaneous elections is "misplaced" and is "incompatible with the Constitution as also impractical".

"It will have serious implications, which must be thoroughly enquired into, and a national consensus built," it said. (PTI)

In its political resolution moved at the party's 84th Plenary Session, the party said that at a time when the country stood at the crossroads, facing the threat posed by "authoritarian, divisive and disruptive forces", the Congress is committed to serve the people of India with its illustrious history and legacy that represent multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-religious India. (PTI)

“The RSS-BJP is misrepresenting, distorting and misusing religion to exploit the sentiments of the people and capture political power. The toxic mix of religion and politics poses a challenge to our pluralistic society and inclusive democracy. RSS, which claims to be a social and cultural organisation, masquerades as the sole representative of the Hindus,” the resolution read, adding that “the Indian tradition and the essence of Hinduism has been all-encompassing, upholder of human values and our composite culture. It is distinct and must not be confused with Hindutva, which is essentially a political ideology.”

The Congress launched a scathing attack at the BJP-RSS saying the country's core constitutional values are under attack and freedom of all is in jeopardywith institutions under stress and their independence compromised. The party said that under the BJP regime, the people of the country, be it farmers, labourers, unorganised sector workers, self-employed, dalits, traders, minorities and the poor have been “betrayed”. (PTI)

Congress party led India to independence and helped establish democracy. It was democracy which brought PM Modi to power but, ironically, his government itself has now become a threat to democracy.

Congress people don’t speak loudly against Modi government. We have defeated ourselves. No one else has the strength to defeat us. If Congress party lost it is because of infighting among members. I request everyone to unite and come together as one.

Modi when came to power said “na khaunga, na khane dunga” (neither will I take bribe, nor will I allow anyone to take bribe). But what is happening today. He is allowing his friends to indulge in corruption. Modi government is supporting corruption and scamsters

Continuing Nehru’s legacy, Sonia brought right to food policy. ISRO was started by the Congress. Congress set up world class technical education institutions.

Our PM says, ‘what Congress did in the past 70 years’. We want to tell him what the Congress did for the country. In 1954 Nehru started 5 year plan. When BJP came to power, they changed its name and made it Niti Aayog. When our country was not able to manufacture even a single needle, he laid the foundation of big factories and dams. We did not have enough food grains to feed people, Nehru started Green Revolution.

The difference between our party and the incumbent ruling party is that they follow the ideology of hatred while we follow the ideology of love and fraternity. The tradition of the Congress party is to embrace change without forgetting our past and legacy.

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Shaikh Hasina and Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal have sent their congratulatory messages

UK Labour Party has sent its message

Upbeat Congress workers are singing a lot of patriotic songs, including Sab se sage honge Hindustani

Priyanka Gandhi and Sam Pitroda seen monitoring all arrangements from the back of the stage at Talkatora Stadium

In the backdrop of BJP’s continuous defeats in the bypolls, the political resolution will spell out the party's strategy on alliances against the BJP-led NDA in 2019

The Congress will pass four resolutions—one each on political and economic situation, another on foreign policy and the fourth on agriculture and unemployment

With the aim to set the agenda for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress party kicked off its 84th plenary session under the new president Rahul Gandhi on Friday. The plenary, being held after eight years, will ratify Rahul Gandhi's election as Congress President.