UP Congress launched the second leg of their election campaign '27 Saal-UP Behal', Yatra on Sunday. The Congress announced to continue its campaign uninterrupted till the assembly polls as part of `Missan 2017 campaign. The Yatra, of two separate groups was flagged-off here by AICC general secretary and in-charge of UP Gulam Nabi Azad.
Ahead of flagging off the yatras,, Gulam Nabi Azad talking to reporters said,” The Congress will contest the 2017 assembly elections in UP to form the next Government in the State. The people of UP have experimented with the three parties in past 27 years. The three parties-- BJP, SP and BSP-- were voted to power for several times but the people in return got goondaraj, corruption, nepotism and misrule.''
“We are committed to end Goondaraj, pariwarraj and corruption raj in UP,” Azad said while adding that these political parties cannot be forgiven in their conspiracy to divide the society on the lines of caste, creed and religion in order to capture the power in the State'', said the Congress leader.
“Congress had never indulge4 in politics of caste and religion as it is a party of freedom fighters and had to sacrifice leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi,” said the AICC general secretary.
Asked why former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was made the CM face for UP polls, the Congress leader in the Rajya Sabha said,” Sheilajee was not selected as she was a woman but was selected as she was the most successful CM of the Congress as well as of the country.” She was behind the development of Delhi. We also want UP to be developed like Delhi and hence she was projected as the CM face to take benefit of her experience.
To a poser that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had expressed his concern about he declining population of Hindus in the country, the Congress general secretary said,” RSS men cannot talk of development or any positive issue. They only talk of such things which divide the society and the nation.”