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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday chaired a virtual meeting with the party's General Secretaries, State Presidents and Observers to discuss the party's future strategy, grassroots movements and upcoming protests.
Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal informed the media that the meeting focused on strengthening the party's organisational activities and chalking out future strategies. When asked by ANI about the Congress's preparations for November 26, which is observed as Constitution Day, Venugopal said that the Congress and the INDIA bloc were working on a strategy and would inform the media about it in due course. On speculation about a possible special session of Parliament to discuss the Delimitation and Women's Reservation Amendment Bills, Venugopal said, "We have heard such things many times, but the government's agenda is unclear. The government is unable to convey its intentions. The people of the country want the government to come forward with complete transparency first." Venugopal further said that Rahul Gandhi had challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an open debate for the fourth time and questioned why the Prime Minister was not coming forward to accept the challenge. He alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had repeatedly made baseless allegations against Rahul Gandhi but were unwilling to engage in an open debate. On Sonia Gandhi's book, Venugopal said it posed a challenge to the BJP, claiming that the truth was now before the country. He added that the BJP had made several allegations against Sonia Gandhi in the past, but the book had brought the facts into the public domain. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday leveled serious allegations of him being surveiled by the Central government, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is having his phone tapped, while once again calling for the Prime Minister to agree to an open debate against him. "The Prime Minister is aware of this because he has my phone tapped. The day he agrees to a face-to-face debate, everyone will learn who is under the control of foreign powers, who is anti-national, and how long they have been involved in anti-national activities," Rahul Gandhi said in avideo posted by Congress on X. The LoP in Lok Sabha has said that the proof of PM Modi being under the control of "foreign powers" is already on his phone, and as such, the PM already knows what the proof is. (ANI)
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