Kharge: Dr Singh spoke less, worked more, India needs such professionals

The Congress on Saturday inducted 50 mid-career professionals, intellectuals, academics and civil society activists from 17 states in the first batch of ‘Dr. Manmohan Singh Fellows Program’ by the All India Professionals Congress (AIPC). The Fellows were selected through a three-month process from among 1,343 applicants from across India.

“The 50 Fellows represent diverse fields including law, economics, technology, academia, social work, public policy, and grassroots activism. They bring rich professional experience and a deep ideological commitment to strengthening democracy, protecting the Constitution, and advancing the values of justice, equality, and liberty. The cohort is regionally, socially, and gender inclusive, reflecting the diversity and pluralism of India itself,” said a statement by AIPC.

Speaking at the event, Kharge said, “India today is at a crossroads. On the one hand, our country is changing rapidly, socially, economically and technologically. On the other hand, we face rising unemployment, growing inequality and weakening of our democratic institutions. Too often, politics today is reduced to noise, to spectacle, to propaganda. This is why we need professionals like you, practitioners, not just speakers.”

 -With PTI inputs