CWC: Rahul stresses on ideological clarity, cautions against walking into 'traps of BJP'
Hyderabad (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked party leaders at the CWC meeting to focus on people's issues and maintain ideological clarity, while cautioning them against "walking into traps of the BJP".
Addressing a press conference on the second day of deliberations of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party's media and publicity department chief Pawan Khera said Gandhi spoke on Saturday during the first meeting of the reconstituted CWC and called on leaders to heed the voice of 'Bharat Mata' to raise people's issues.
"He (Gandhi) laid specific stress on the need to have ideological clarity. All of us emerged from that hall of the CWC in deep thought with absolute clarity. He warned us against walking into irrelevant traps of the BJP. These are not issues of the common man or woman or to any of us," Khera said.
The former Congress chief also asked party leaders to remain focussed on the actual reason why the Congress and each one of them were in politics to ensure that they heed the voice of 'Bharat Mata' and translate that voice into actual issues, and wherever in government, into actual policies, he said.
Gandhi's remarks at the CWC come amid a raging row over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's comment on Sanatan Dharma which have been vehemently criticised by the BJP.
Some Congress leaders on Saturday called for a cautious approach on the Sanatan Dharma row and stressed that the party should not get drawn into the BJP's agenda.
Sources said some leaders, including Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh, said at the CWC meeting that the party should stay away from such issues and not be drawn into it.
Speaking at the presser, Khera said, "Rahul ji asked us 'whether you have clarity on ideology in your mind or not?'. Rahul ji's words were that Congress is not an organisation-based party, it is a movement which also has an organisation. It is the movement which drives the organisation and not the organisation that drives the movement."
That is the fundamental difference between the Congress and other parties in India, he added.
"Any movement in Rahul ji's words can be for three-four months, there is an objective, people walk on that path and others keep joining it. Bharat Jodo Yatra was an effort to unite us with the roots of the movement. That yatra not only helped the party connect with its roots but also the Congress workers and sympathisers realised that this is the way forward for the country," Khera said.
The essence of Bharat Jodo Yatra is being translated in guarantees that were seen in Karnataka and will be seen in Telangana, he added.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
