Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said in his opening remarks at the CWC meeting that he had received passionate pleas from party workers for a yatra from east to west, after the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir
Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor praised the Nehru-Gandhi family s role within the Congress party, calling it a source of strength. Tharoor clarified that his previous comments about potential candidates for the Prime Minister s post were made during a private event and not an official public statement.
P.C. Patanjali, chairman of the Most Backward Classes Forum, said that OBCs, more specifically the EBCs, have dismal representation in government jobs and higher education. The Congress is focused on OBCs, particularly the EBCs who have largely voted in favour of the BJP in previous elections