New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu took the stage at the Congress Plenary Session here and vowed to take the party chief Rahul Gandhi to Red Fort on the Independence Day 2019 to hoist the tricolour.
He said, “Rahul bhai, gather the workers, next year, you will only hoist the flag at Red Fort.”
Sidhu also praised former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and said, “You are a Sardar, you are also a sardaar (effective).” The crowd broke into a loud cheer and chairperson Sonia Gandhi was seen cheering sitting beside Singh.
The senior leaders of Congress spoke on various issues and attacked the Narendra Modi government on various policies and schemes.
On the second day of the 84th Congress Plenary Session in New Delhi, former Prime Minister and veteran party leader Manmohan Singh slammed the Narendra Modi government for its foreign and economic policies.
“Modi government has mismanaged Jammu and Kashmir like never before, the atmosphere is deteriorating day in and day out, its obvious from the fact that our borders are insecure, be it cross border terror or internal,” the former PM said.
IANS