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Congress to fight for youth, students, farmers, women and OBCs
The Congress party is like a big team that competes to run our country and its states.
In the state of Madhya Pradesh, the Congress team just won a small election called a bypoll in a place called Datia.
Winning made the team happy, so they gathered for a long meeting to make a new plan.
They decided to speak up for the rights of young people, students, farmers, women, and some communities that have often been left out.
The team says some things in the state government are not fair, like exams with leaked papers and fake job appointments.
They promise to keep asking questions and to show everyone anything wrong they find.
They also want student elections to be held with direct voting so it is fair, and they want more chances for certain communities.
If their demands are not met, they say they will hold big protests across the whole state.
The team's leader says the win in Datia is a message that people want change.
Buoyed by retaining the Datia assembly seat, Madhya Pradesh Congress decided to 'vigorously fight' for the rights of youth, students, farmers, women and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh defeated BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari by 6,016 votes in the Datia bypoll held amid a students' stir.
The decision was made at a five-hour Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting in Bhopal and announced by state Congress president Jitu Patwari.
Patwari alleged exam scams, paper leaks and fake appointments, and promised to expose alleged corruption involving ministers, the chief minister or BJP leaders.
Congress demanded direct student union elections and 27 percent OBC reservation, while raising the rejected nomination of candidate Meenakshi Natarajan in the June 18 Rajya Sabha elections.
- Who
- Madhya Pradesh Congress, led by state president Jitu Patwari and Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar
- What
- Decided to fight for the rights of youth, students, farmers, women and OBCs, and to expose alleged corruption in the BJP-led state government
- Where
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- When
- Tuesday, August 11, at a five-hour PAC meeting; the Datia bypoll was held earlier this month
- Why
- Buoyed by the party's Datia assembly bypoll victory, which Patwari said 'sent a clear message of change in politics'
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BJP-led government / Election Officer
Rajya Sabha nomination rejection
Congress
Patwari alleged the Election Officer misused his position under BJP pressure to cancel Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination.
BJP-led government / Election Officer
The nomination was rejected on charges of concealing information in the affidavit.
Method of student union elections
Congress
Congress demands student union elections be held through a direct system and will launch a statewide movement if indirect elections are held.
BJP-led government / Election Officer
The existing indirect system remains in place, which Congress says it will oppose through a statewide movement.
Key facts
- Congress state president
- Jitu Patwari
- Datia bypoll result
- Congress's Ghanshyam Singh defeated BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari by 6,016 votes
- Meeting
- Five-hour Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting in Bhopal
- Key demands
- Direct student union elections, 27% OBC reservation, protection of tribal rights
- Rajya Sabha dispute
- Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination rejected in the June 18 elections for three seats
- Campaign discussed
- Sanghthan Srijan Abhiyan (organisation creation campaign)
- Leaders present
- Digvijay Singh (virtually), Vivek Tankha, Ajay Singh, Dr Govind Singh, Kamleshwar Patel
Quotes
Jitu Patwari
MP Congress president and PAC member
“"The party has decided to vigorously fight for the rights of youth, students, farmers, women, and OBCs in the state."”
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“"Datia (bypoll victory) has sent a clear message of change in politics."”
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