Congress must be ready to face communal virus: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, July 28: Former Chief Minister and the chairman of the Coordination Committee Siddaramaiah has said that the Congress leaders and activists should be prepared to tackle the communal virus that has become a challenge for the party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
He was speaking at a programme held to felicitate the new KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Secretary Ishwar Khandre, and AICC Secretary Saleem Ahmed at Gyan Jyoti auditorium here on Saturday
These communal viruses are responsible for Congress’ defeat in the last assembly elections. BJP affiliates have succeeded in slandering the people's mind. The primary responsibility of the Congress workers is to cast the people out of the propaganda of the communalists during the next Lok Sabha polls.
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, MV Rajasekharan, KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Secretary Ishwar Khandre, AICC Secretary Saleem Ahmed, former Minister Parameshwar Naik, RB Timmapura, MLA Anekal Shivanna, MLA Soumya Reddy and others were present.
The foundation of the Congress is the unselfish service of the student and youth organizations. The appointment of Dinesh Gundu Rao as the KPCC president, Ishwar Khandre as the secretary, and Salim Ahmed as AICC secretary has brought a real delight as all of them were unselfish workers of such organisations. The Congress expects more from them.
-Chidambaram, former union minister
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We need to create system in which people's skills get their due: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Friday called for creating a system in which people's skills get their due and everyone's contribution is respected, as he shared a Diwali video in which he interacts with paint job workers and potters.
Posting the over nine-minute video which features him also having a conversation with his nephew Raihan Rajiv Vadra on YouTube, the former Congress chief said, "A memorable Diwali with special people - I celebrated this Diwali working with some painter brothers and making earthen diyas with a potter family."
"I saw their work closely, tried to learn their skills and understood their difficulties and problems. They don't go home. We celebrate festivals happily and to earn some money, they forget their village, city, family," Gandhi said.
"They make happiness from clay. While lighting up the festivals of others, are they able to live in light themselves? Those who build houses can hardly run their own houses!" he said.
Gandhi said Diwali means light that can remove the darkness of poverty and helplessness.
"We have to create such a system -- in which people's skills get their due and contribution is respected -- makes everyone's Diwali a happy one. I hope this Diwali brings prosperity, progress and love in the lives of all of you," he said.
In the video, Gandhi is seen working with labourers at the 10 Janpath residence and learning to paint walls along with his nephew. In the second part of the video, Gandhi goes to the house of a woman who makes earthen lamps with her five daughters.
Gandhi tries his hand at pottery and makes 'diyas', which he says he would give to his mother and sister.
Since his Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra and his Manipur to Mumbai Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Gandhi has been interacting with a cross-section of people from mechanics and cobblers to labourers and bus drivers.
He often posts videos of his numerous interactions and highlights the plight of various sections of society.
