"It's wrong to say Congress is implementing PM SHRI. We will never support the Sangh Parivar's educational agenda. Congress is not against teaching about Mahatma Gandhi, but we oppose any ideological distortion in the syllabus," Venugopal said while addressing a press conference in Kozhik
"We don't want to do any politics, and we are here to support the affected families... We will give maximum help in their future endeavours," he added.
Venugopal slammed the Centre for not "having the courage" to make a genuine attempt at peace in the region, claiming that the government has neither presented a solution to the "deep social rift which caused the civil war", nor tried to bring different communities together.
Venugopal informed that the Congress party will also launch a nationwide signature campaign from September 15 to October 16, with a target of collecting five crore signatures to be submitted to the Election Commission of India.
Congress leader KC Venugopal attacked the Centre on Wednesday over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, alleging that the government is "running away from discussion" in Parliament.
Earlier on July 28, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar rejected opposition criticism of the government, following US President Donald Trump's repeated claims of mediation in ending hostilities between India and Pakistan.
"The atrocities against minorities in BJP-ruled state are increasing day by day. This is not an isolated case. In Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, every places they are haunting Christian institutions, fathers, and nuns. We wrote to HM and CM but there is no concrete action,
Congress leader and party's general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal, while participating in the protest at Jantar Mantar, said that the Centre is going back on its word after promising statehood to the region.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament met on Thursday at 10:30 am to review the functioning of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), based on the CAG Report No. 24 of 2021. The committee heard a briefing from the Audit team and received oral evidence from official
Venugopal said that as some people have "apprehensions" about the caste census data, the Congress top leadership has suggested that the Karnataka government re-enumerate the data.