NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged occasion staff to start preparations for the Delhi and Bihar elections due subsequent 12 months, cautioned {that a} beneficial ambiance forward of polls doesn’t all the time translate into victory and known as on leaders to determine native points necessary for state elections reasonably than relying on “nation points and nationwide leaders”.
The senior chief’s feedback got here on the first assembly of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) because the occasion started deliberations on its poor efficiency within the Maharashtra and Haryana meeting elections.
In his opening speech, Kharge mentioned, “The ambiance was in our favour throughout the elections. However simply the ambiance being in our favour will not be a assure of victory. We should study to transform the ambiance into outcomes,” and requested the explanation for the occasion not being “capable of reap the benefits of the ambiance”.
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With polls in Delhi and Bihar due subsequent 12 months, the Congress president additionally emphasised early preparations.
“The current election outcomes additionally point out that we should always begin our election preparations within the states at the least one 12 months prematurely. Our groups needs to be current within the subject earlier than time. The very first thing we should always do is to examine the voter lists in order that our supporters’ votes stay within the checklist below all circumstances,” he mentioned.
Pushing for modifications within the occasion’s ballot technique, Kharge mentioned, “Now we have to see every day what your political opponent is doing. Now we have to take well timed selections. Accountability must be fastened.”
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“Typically we ourselves turn into our greatest enemy. We’ll speak negatively and depressingly about ourselves and say that we wouldn’t have any narrative, then I ask whose duty is it to create the narrative and convey it to the general public?” he mentioned.
On the current elections, Kharge mentioned, “These outcomes are a message for us.”
“We could have misplaced the elections, however there is no such thing as a doubt that unemployment, inflation, financial inequality are burning problems with this nation. Caste census can also be an necessary difficulty at the moment. Points like structure, social justice and concord are problems with the individuals,” he mentioned, whilst he underlined the significance of native points for state elections.
“…this doesn’t imply that we neglect the necessary native points within the electoral states. Additionally it is necessary to know the completely different problems with the states intimately in time and make a strong marketing campaign technique round it,” he added.
“How lengthy will you combat the state elections with the assistance of nationwide points and nationwide leaders?” the Congress president requested.
He additionally emphasised bettering the methods of contesting elections in each state of affairs.
“The occasions have modified. The methods of contesting elections have modified. We should make our micro-communication technique higher than the opponents. Methods to combat propaganda and misinformation may even need to be discovered. We should transfer ahead by studying classes from the earlier outcomes. The shortcomings need to be eliminated. Robust selections should be taken with confidence,” Kharge mentioned.
“As a result of our repeated defeats, fascist forces are making their roots deeper. One after the other they’re additionally taking up the establishments of the State,” he mentioned.
