Rahul Gandhi Wants Monitoring of Colleagues After Kharge Laments Their Silence on Haldwani ‘Purification Ritual’
Rahul Gandhi asked for regular tracking of leaders who do not echo the party line after Kharge said several colleagues failed to back him on the ritual row.
- On Wednesday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge expressed disappointment at a Congress Working Committee Meeting, telling leaders he felt 'hurt' by their failure to publicly back him over the Haldwani 'purification' ritual.
- Following Kharge's August 8 public meeting at Ramlila Maidan in Uttarakhand's Haldwani, Congress leaders alleged the 'purification' ceremony reflected caste-based discrimination linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Addressing the CWC, Kharge criticized three to four 'good-looking people' who appear on TV for their articulation, despite Party General Secretary K.C. Venugopal's defense that the party had condemned the incident.
- Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi responded by instructing social media head Supriya Shrinate to prepare regular reports on which leaders were amplifying the party's official stance on social justice.
- The Congress Working Committee resolution officially described the incident as 'unacceptable' and 'condemnable,' reinforcing the party's commitment to address internal cohesion and monitor public support for colleagues facing targeted discrimination.
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has strongly reprimanded his own party leaders over the alleged "purification" incident in Haldwani. According to sources, Kharge said at the CWC meeting that leaders who write in newspapers and speak on television should speak openly on such issues.
Kharge 'hurt' over Congress leaders' 'silence' on 'purification' row, expresses disappointment at CWC meet
During the CWC meeting on Wednesday, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge said he was 'upset' after party leaders failed to back him over the 'purification' row. He condemned the incident and said that the party leaders should have openly come in his support.
Rahul Gandhi wants monitoring of colleagues after Kharge laments their silence on Haldwani ‘purification ritual’
The closed-door CWC meeting also witnessed a difference of opinion between senior leader Manish Tewari and Mr. Gandhi over the issue of recent students’ protests
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