“We have to realise that Hindu sentiments matter most in the country,” a senior leader, who insists the Congress has to reinvent itself, explained. But we can’t surrender to these abnormalities; we have to fiercely counter this propaganda,” one of them told The Telegraph. While Congress chief ministers led anti-CAA rallies and passed resolutions against the amended citizenship law, the Congress Working Committee rejected the NRC (National Register of Citizens) and the NPR (National Population Register) and party leaders even moved the Supreme Court. One Delhi candidate reacted angrily: “We were struggling to convince the voters that the Congress was not pro-Muslim when Priyanka was doing all this. Photographs of Rahul and Priyanka with Muslims were being circulated on WhatsApp and voters were questioning our motives.

Source: The Telegraph February 16, 2020 20:48 UTC