Recalling the two warring sides of the epic Mahabharat, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the BJP, like the Kauravas, fought for power, while his party, on the lines of the Pandavas, battled for truth.

Centuries ago there was a huge battle on the field of Kurukshetra. The Kauravas were powerful and arrogant while the Pandavas were humble and fought for the truth. &#39;&#39;Like the Kauravas BJP and RSS are designed to fight for power, like the Pandavas, Congress is designed to fight for truth,&#39;&#39; he said.&nbsp;

Taking the ruling BJP on, Gandhi said the party sought to divert people&#39;s attention from issues such as unemployment and farm distress with &quot;fancy events&quot;.

&quot;Instead of acknowledging the challenges facing the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi diverts our attention from our problems. We are being told that our problems only exist in our imagination,&quot; he said.

The BJP-RSS&#39;s goal was power, Gandhi stressed in his closing remarks at his party&#39;s plenary meeting in New Delhi.&nbsp;

Gandhi held that his party spoke on behalf of the country.

&quot;The BJP is the voice of an organisation, Congress is the voice of a nation,&quot; he said.

The Congress leader added that the corrupt and powerful today &quot;control conversation&quot; in the country and the &quot;name Modi symbolises the collusion between crony capitalists and the prime minister&quot;.

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Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ruling BJP government, Rahul Gandhi said the name &#39;&#39;Modi&#39;&#39; symbolises the collusion between India&#39;s biggest &#39;&#39;crony capitalists&#39;&#39; and the prime minister of India, he said.&nbsp;

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Admitting that the last Congress government did not live up to the expectations of the people, he said that the nation was let down by the last Congress government.&nbsp;

&#39;&#39;I don&#39;t say it with happiness but the last govt we formed did not stand up to the expectations of the people. The people of the country were let down by us,&#39;&#39; he said.&nbsp;

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&#39;&#39;Congress will take the country forward, but we are humans, we make mistakes. Modi ji thinks he is not human but an incarnation of God,&#39;&#39; he said and added that BJP is the voice of an organisation while the Congress is the voice of a nation, the Gandhi scion said.&nbsp;

Attacking PM Modi on not speaking on the critical issues plaguing the nation, he said PM diverts our attention and jumps from one event to another from &#39;&#39;Gabbar Singh tax to yoga in Parliament&#39;&#39; but never talks about the issues. But, the Congress cannot be stopped from seeking the truth and justice, he said.&nbsp;

Charging the BJP of dividing the nation on the basis of religion and language, he said that they tell Muslims of India who never went to Pakistan and supported this great nation that you don&#39;t belong here. They tell the Tamils to &#39;&#39;change your beautiful language&#39;&#39;, they tell people of north-east we don&#39;t like what you eat, tell women to dress properly, he said.&nbsp;

Without naming the BJP president Amit Shah, he said they will accept a man accused of murder as the President of the BJP, but they will never ever accept the same in the Congress Party because they hold Congress in the highest regard.&nbsp;

Raking up PNB bank fraud in which diamond czar Nirav Modi is accused of Rs 13,000 crore loot, he said &#39;&#39;You can steal Rs 33,000 crore from the banks and the BJP government will protect you. Finance Minister will go silent because he and his daughter work for crony capitalists,&#39;&#39; he said.&nbsp;

Accepting the organisational shortcomings in the Congress party, the Congress president tried to assuage the senior party leaders on the occasion and said &#39;&#39;We have to change Congress. There is a wall between our leaders and workers. My first task will be to break that wall. I will consult senior leaders to destroy that wall with love,&#39;&#39; he said.&nbsp;

&#39;&#39;BJP has spread fear. People from the press are scared, for the first time we saw four Supreme Court judges running to the public for justice.There is a difference between the RSS and the Congress. We respect the country&#39;s institutions whereas they want to finish them.They only want one institution, that is RSS,&#39;&#39; Gandhi said.&nbsp;

''You can steal Rs 33,000 crore from the banks and the BJP government will protect you. Finance Minister will go silent because he and his daughter work for crony capitalists,'' he said.

Recalling the two warring sides of the epic Mahabharat, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the BJP, like the Kauravas, fought for power, while his party, on the lines of the Pandavas, battled for truth. Centuries ago there was a huge battle on the field of Kurukshetra. The Kauravas were powerful and arrogant while the Pandavas were humble and fought for the truth. ''Like the Kauravas BJP and RSS are designed to fight for power, like the Pandavas, Congress is designed to fight for truth,'' he said. Taking the ruling BJP on, Gandhi said the party sought to divert people's attention from issues such as unemployment and farm distress with "fancy events". "Instead of acknowledging the challenges facing the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi diverts our attention from our problems. We are being told that our problems only exist in our imagination," he said. The BJP-RSS's goal was power, Gandhi stressed in his closing remarks at his party's plenary meeting in New Delhi. Gandhi held that his party spoke on behalf of the country. "The BJP is the voice of an organisation, Congress is the voice of a nation," he said. The Congress leader added that the corrupt and powerful today "control conversation" in the country and the "name Modi symbolises the collusion between crony capitalists and the prime minister". The name Modi symbolises the collusion between India’s biggest businessmen and the Prime Minister. Modi gives Modi 30,000 crores of your Money and in turn, Modi gives Modi money for marketing Modi and fighting elections. #CongressPlenary #ChangeIsNow pic.twitter.com/T4ovQKrxnL — Congress (@INCIndia) March 18, 2018 × Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ruling BJP government, Rahul Gandhi said the name ''Modi'' symbolises the collusion between India's biggest ''crony capitalists'' and the prime minister of India, he said. We paid 570 Cr per plane & Modi paid 1670 Cr for the same plane. He paid 1100 Cr more per plane. Forget fighter planes you can’t trust such a man to buy vegetables!!! Modi is not fighting corruption Modi is corruption. #CongressPlenary #ChangeIsNow pic.twitter.com/u7AhEmeJhh — Congress (@INCIndia) March 18, 2018 × Admitting that the last Congress government did not live up to the expectations of the people, he said that the nation was let down by the last Congress government. ''I don't say it with happiness but the last govt we formed did not stand up to the expectations of the people. The people of the country were let down by us,'' he said. Today the corrupt and the powerful completely control the conversation in our country. #CongressPlenary #ChangeIsNow — Congress (@INCIndia) March 18, 2018 × ''Congress will take the country forward, but we are humans, we make mistakes. Modi ji thinks he is not human but an incarnation of God,'' he said and added that BJP is the voice of an organisation while the Congress is the voice of a nation, the Gandhi scion said. Attacking PM Modi on not speaking on the critical issues plaguing the nation, he said PM diverts our attention and jumps from one event to another from ''Gabbar Singh tax to yoga in Parliament'' but never talks about the issues. But, the Congress cannot be stopped from seeking the truth and justice, he said. Charging the BJP of dividing the nation on the basis of religion and language, he said that they tell Muslims of India who never went to Pakistan and supported this great nation that you don't belong here. They tell the Tamils to ''change your beautiful language'', they tell people of north-east we don't like what you eat, tell women to dress properly, he said. Without naming the BJP president Amit Shah, he said they will accept a man accused of murder as the President of the BJP, but they will never ever accept the same in the Congress Party because they hold Congress in the highest regard. Raking up PNB bank fraud in which diamond czar Nirav Modi is accused of Rs 13,000 crore loot, he said ''You can steal Rs 33,000 crore from the banks and the BJP government will protect you. Finance Minister will go silent because he and his daughter work for crony capitalists,'' he said. Accepting the organisational shortcomings in the Congress party, the Congress president tried to assuage the senior party leaders on the occasion and said ''We have to change Congress. There is a wall between our leaders and workers. My first task will be to break that wall. I will consult senior leaders to destroy that wall with love,'' he said. ''BJP has spread fear. People from the press are scared, for the first time we saw four Supreme Court judges running to the public for justice.There is a difference between the RSS and the Congress. We respect the country's institutions whereas they want to finish them.They only want one institution, that is RSS,'' Gandhi said.

BJP like Kauravas, Congress like Pandavas: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress today accused the Modi government of &quot;destroying&quot;&nbsp;the economy and said growth can be achieved only if the country is rescued from &quot;incompetent economic managers&quot;.

The party, at its 84th plenary session here, adopted a resolution on the economy which said sustained economic growth was the path towards becoming a middle-income developed country.

This path, the Congress said, can lift the people out of poverty and create a large, vibrant and productive middle class.

It will also create wealth and generate government revenues that will enable the state to spend adequately to attain social and redistributive justice, the party said.

&quot;Such sustained economic growth can be achieved only if the country can be rescued from the hands of incompetent economic managers and entrusted to those who have for many years nurtured the economy and guided it on the path of all-round economic development,&quot; the resolution said.

&quot;We have heard the clamour for change. It is now time for a change,&quot;&nbsp;it said.

Moving the resolution, former Finance minister P Chidambaram said, &quot;We have done it before and we will do it again.&quot;

He accused the Modi government of squandering a golden opportunity to catapult India&#39;s growth after economic gains during the previous UPA government, through its mismanagement and flawed policies.

The country faces a crisis and will go into a deeper crisis in the last year of this government as this budget has provided no answers, Chidambaram claimed.

&quot;This budget is the handiwork of a government which is completely helpless, clueless and directionless. I am afraid, 12 months from today, whoever comes into the government, will face a major crisis,&quot; he said.

&quot;The one party which can bring this country out of the crisis is the Congress. Why do I say that? I say that not out of arrogance, not out of conceit, I say this because we have done it before and we can do it again beginning next year,&quot;&nbsp;the former Union minister said.

Promising the industry that there will be no tax &quot;terrorism&quot;, no veiled threats, no &quot;midnight knocks&quot; on doors, he said, &quot;We will lift fear and we will allow you to create wealth.&quot;

The resolution said that the tenure of the Narendra Modi-led government was replete with governance and management misadventures and mistakes.

&quot;The most colossal failure has been its mismanagement of the economy,&quot;&nbsp;it said.

The Modi government was presented with a golden opportunity to catapult India&#39;s economic growth to a new high through a near perfect alignment of stars, an upswing in the economy, macro-economic stability after the upheaval of the 2008 global financial crisis, the resolution said.

&quot;The Congress reiterates that the abysmal economic management of the Modi government has resulted in lack of jobs for millions of India&#39;s youth, stagnant real incomes for hundreds of millions of farmers, collapse of the manufacturing sector, destruction of micro, small and medium businesses, paralysis of India&#39;s banking sector,&quot; it said

These have severely dented business confidence and expectations of households, the resolution said.

&quot;The economy is in the hands of ignorant and incompetent policy-makers who have derailed economic growth through reckless and bizarre policies such as demonetisation and a hasty imposition of a flawed Goods and Services Tax regime,&quot;&nbsp;it said.

Citing the economic survey, Chidambaram said there were three main challenges which were not addressed in the last four years, education, health, agriculture and employment .

&quot;And then the most severe indictment in the last four years, real agricultural GDP and real agricultural income as have remained stagnant,&quot; he said.

&quot;I want to ask the BJP, I want to ask the prime minister, if in four years you did not address the challenge of education or health or agriculture or employment, if in four years the farm sector has become relatively poorer, if in four years the average farmer has become relatively poorer, what have you been doing in the last four years? This is a question the prime minister must answer,&quot;&nbsp;he said.

Chidambaram said that the note ban was a ?big lie, there cannot be a greater lie than demonetisation&quot;.

&quot;They said we will abolish black money, we will put an end to corruption. We will stop fake currency. Have they put an end to black money? Every rally, every public meeting of the prime minister is financed by any money other than black money,&quot; he said.

&quot;Have they put an end to corruption, fake currency?&quot;&nbsp;Chidambaram asked.&nbsp;

The party, at its 84th plenary session here, adopted a resolution on the economy which said sustained economic growth was the path towards becoming a middle-income developed country

The Congress today accused the Modi government of "destroying" the economy and said growth can be achieved only if the country is rescued from "incompetent economic managers". The party, at its 84th plenary session here, adopted a resolution on the economy which said sustained economic growth was the path towards becoming a middle-income developed country. This path, the Congress said, can lift the people out of poverty and create a large, vibrant and productive middle class. It will also create wealth and generate government revenues that will enable the state to spend adequately to attain social and redistributive justice, the party said. "Such sustained economic growth can be achieved only if the country can be rescued from the hands of incompetent economic managers and entrusted to those who have for many years nurtured the economy and guided it on the path of all-round economic development," the resolution said. "We have heard the clamour for change. It is now time for a change," it said. Moving the resolution, former Finance minister P Chidambaram said, "We have done it before and we will do it again." He accused the Modi government of squandering a golden opportunity to catapult India's growth after economic gains during the previous UPA government, through its mismanagement and flawed policies. The country faces a crisis and will go into a deeper crisis in the last year of this government as this budget has provided no answers, Chidambaram claimed. "This budget is the handiwork of a government which is completely helpless, clueless and directionless. I am afraid, 12 months from today, whoever comes into the government, will face a major crisis," he said. "The one party which can bring this country out of the crisis is the Congress. Why do I say that? I say that not out of arrogance, not out of conceit, I say this because we have done it before and we can do it again beginning next year," the former Union minister said. Promising the industry that there will be no tax "terrorism", no veiled threats, no "midnight knocks" on doors, he said, "We will lift fear and we will allow you to create wealth." The resolution said that the tenure of the Narendra Modi-led government was replete with governance and management misadventures and mistakes. "The most colossal failure has been its mismanagement of the economy," it said. The Modi government was presented with a golden opportunity to catapult India's economic growth to a new high through a near perfect alignment of stars, an upswing in the economy, macro-economic stability after the upheaval of the 2008 global financial crisis, the resolution said. "The Congress reiterates that the abysmal economic management of the Modi government has resulted in lack of jobs for millions of India's youth, stagnant real incomes for hundreds of millions of farmers, collapse of the manufacturing sector, destruction of micro, small and medium businesses, paralysis of India's banking sector," it said These have severely dented business confidence and expectations of households, the resolution said. "The economy is in the hands of ignorant and incompetent policy-makers who have derailed economic growth through reckless and bizarre policies such as demonetisation and a hasty imposition of a flawed Goods and Services Tax regime," it said. Citing the economic survey, Chidambaram said there were three main challenges which were not addressed in the last four years, education, health, agriculture and employment . "And then the most severe indictment in the last four years, real agricultural GDP and real agricultural income as have remained stagnant," he said. "I want to ask the BJP, I want to ask the prime minister, if in four years you did not address the challenge of education or health or agriculture or employment, if in four years the farm sector has become relatively poorer, if in four years the average farmer has become relatively poorer, what have you been doing in the last four years? This is a question the prime minister must answer," he said. Chidambaram said that the note ban was a ?big lie, there cannot be a greater lie than demonetisation". "They said we will abolish black money, we will put an end to corruption. We will stop fake currency. Have they put an end to black money? Every rally, every public meeting of the prime minister is financed by any money other than black money," he said. "Have they put an end to corruption, fake currency?" Chidambaram asked.

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