The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) began its two-day brainstorming session titled ‘Navsankalp Chintan Shivir’ here on Saturday with a call to oppose the ‘fascist rule’ of the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre and the ‘dictatorial rule’ of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala.
The event is a follow-up to a similar session held at the national level in Udaipur in Rajasthan to prepare the party for the Lok Sabha polls in 2024. Former KPCC presidents Mullappally Ramachandran and V.M. Sudheeran, however, were conspicuous by their absence here.
Opening the inaugural meet, K.C. Venugopal, general secretary in-charge of organisation, All-India Congress Committee (AICC), alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had been converted into an “election department” of the BJP. The government was forcing Central agencies that were supposed to act unbiased to behave in a biased way. At the same time, efforts were on to polarise the society on communal lines. “They want India to be divided into Hindus and those who are anti-Hindus,” Mr. Venugopal claimed.
