Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President late Pranab Mukherjee, suggested the party to introspect to strengthen the Congress. He said that now the time has come that the congress party should look outside the Gandhi-Nehru family for leadership. Talking to news agency PTI on the sidelines of the 17th jaipur Literary Festival, Sharmistha Mukherjee said that even though the number of congress seats in the lok sabha has reduced, yet congress has a very strong presence in national politics, because it is the largest party in the country. Is the opposition party. congress is in government in Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka. He said, "Congress is still the main opposition party." Its place is undeniable, but how to strengthen this presence? This is the question. It is the job of congress leaders to consider this.
What did Sharmistha Mukherjee say?
Sharmistha Mukherjee said that there is a need to involve grassroots workers at every level in the process of restoration of democracy in the party, membership campaign, organizational elections within the party and policy decisions. “There is no magic wand,” he said. It is for the congress leaders to see how to work to strengthen the party.
On the question of leadership, Sharmistha said, “Congress leaders have to answer this, but being a congress supporter and a responsible citizen, I am worried about the party. Certainly the time has come to look outside the Gandhi-Nehru family for leadership. Being a congress supporter, Sharmistha said about the expectations from the party, "Congress should introspect whether it is truly taking the ideology of the party forward today?" Pluralism, secularism, tolerance, inclusivity, freedom of expression, which have been at the core of the congress, are they being followed in practice? ...Congress needs to seriously consider these questions whether today it is truly maintaining these basic principles of the party's ideology or not. This is my question to him. ,
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