Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed concern over the country’s “grim” economic situation and accused the BJP government of misusing its mandate in the “most dangerous” fashion.
Addressing central and state leaders from across the country in her first major meeting after taking over as Congress chief, she laid the roadmap for the party’s revival at the grassroots level and asked them to adopt an “agitational” approach while raising people’s causes and not be aggressive on the social media alone.
“Democracy has never been at greater peril than it is now. As I said a few weeks back, the mandate of 2019 is now being misused and abused in the most dangerous fashion,” Ms. Gandhi said.
She said the country is looking to the Congress to confront and combat the forces that seek to appropriate the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, B R Ambedkar and misrepresent their true message for nefarious ends.
