Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP's guarantees will meet 'India Shining' fate, says Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress will implement whatever has been promised in the manifesto, says Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on March 19 said the people of India are looking for new leadership. “The country is fervently demanding a change. The guarantees currently being touted by the present government would have the same fate as that of the 'India Shining' slogan of 2004,” said Kharge, while addressing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi.

The party’s highest decision-making body met to discuss election plans and approve the party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections.

Kharge urged party leaders and party workers to take every issue in the manifesto across the country.

“We have to ensure that our manifesto gets the widest publicity in different states and our commitments are taken to every household across the country and people at large, said the Congress chief.

He said that the Grand Old Party will implement whatever has been promised in its manifesto, which has been prepared under the leadership of former Union minister P Chidambaram.

Before making promises in the manifesto, in-depth deliberations were held to ensure that they are implementable, he said, adding, “It is because of this very fact that right from 1926, the Congress party’s manifesto has been regarded as a document of trust and commitment.”

Lauding the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Kharge said these were not just political yatras but will be noted for being the largest mass-contact movement in India’s political history.

“One can’t undermine the fact that nobody in our times has undertaken such a massive exercise. Both these yatras managed to take the issue of the people to the national centrestage,” Kharge added.

Later this evening, the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) will hold discussions and finalise its candidates for the remaining seats.

The Congress has so far announced 82 candidates for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, which begin on April 19.