It has consciously endeavoured to adopt a stance in favour of social justice, moving away from the more general welfare plank that it intended to execute during the UPA government’s tenure between 2004 and 2014.
Source: The Print
This may be observed in the movement to meet the needs of the underprivileged and the marginalised in order to reclaim the support of these groups, which it had lost with the emergence of social justice parties in various states and the BJP’s acquisition of some segments of these groups. The party is reorganising with the pledge of a caste census, a ministry for the Other Backward Classes (OBC), and reservations in higher courts for SC/ST/OBC. Also, it has resolved to reserve half of the seats on the Congress Working Committee for women, minorities, and SC/ST/OBC individuals.
Several decisions made during the party’s Chintan Shivir in Udaipur last year have not yet been put into practise. By proposing a basic income and social security for the most vulnerable groups, the party has also aimed to broaden its prior social and economic welfare programme. It has proposed new legislation against religious discrimination and hate crimes in an effort to compete with the BJP.
Source: NDTV
To have an impact on the public and win their support, an agenda is insufficient. Rahul Gandhi, who just returned from the Bharat Jodo Yatra and may be preparing another yatra from Pasighat to Porbandar, as well as Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will be shown as the party’s faces. Yet it should be highlighted that the party used the well-known tactic of allowing the party president to propose nominees rather than holding elections for the working committee. Additionally, it has made the decision to combat the BJP alongside other like-minded parties. But it remains to be seen whether the position that it considers to be its in that fight will be accepted by other parties.
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