Party meet: Randeep Singh Surjewal with Sachin Pilot and Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, right, at the Congress office in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narangmore-inThe Congress will begin a nationwide public campaign, along with like-minded political forces, over the next two years to expose the BJP government’s three years of “lies”. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala announced this at a press conference along with a galaxy of the party’s young, largely second-generation leaders. After Jyotiraditya Scindia, Congress chief whip in the Lok Sabha, presented an overview of the Modi government’s “failures”, his colleagues spoke on specific issues. Asked where party vice-president Rahul Gandhi was, Mr. Surjewala said, “Rahulji is the first worker of the Congress party.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2017 16:36 UTC