Congress plenary session: Top quotes of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi

Here are the top 10 quotes from Sonia Gandhi’s today’s speech:

Sonia Gandhi says Modi govt weakening UPA’s welfare schemes

# Sonia Gandhi said, “Today, I feel disappointed and sad that Modi govt is weakening UPA’s welfare schemes.”

# “The ruling government left no stone unturned to destroy the Congress in the last four years. It was using all means to be in power. But the Congress has and will never bow before the power of arrogance of this government which has launched vendetta against its opponents,” she said.

Congress President Rahul gandhi with his mother and former party President Sonia Gandhi, alongside former PM Manmohan Singh at the AICC plenary session. (Express Photo by Praveen Jain)

# “The slogans of ‘sab ka saath, sab ka vikas’ and ‘na khaoonga, na khaane doonga’ are only and only dramebazi (drama) and a trick to grab power,” Sonia Gandhi said, referring to Modi’s promises of inclusive development and corruption-free governance.

# “Under the leadership of former PM Manmohan Singh, the economy of this country flourished. Our government formed policies which lifted millions of people from poverty. And today, the Modi government is weakening these policies,” Sonia Gandhi said.

Sonia Gandhi accuses PM Modi of making ‘hollow’ promises

Congress President Rahul gandhi and Sonia Gandhi 84th Congress Plenary Session. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Jain)

# Sonia Gandhi said, “We are exposing fraud and corruption by PM Modi and the people with him, using proof.”

# “Congress is fighting the tyrannical Modi Govt. People have begun to realise that the promises made by the BJP in 2014 were hollow,” the UPA chairperson said.

Sonia Gandhi speaking at the 84th Congress Plenary Session(Source: Express photo by Praveen Jain)

# “Wherever there is a non-Congress govt, our friends are taking a stand against anarchy and violence there and continuing with their work, braving all of it. It is Congress Party which takes stand against injustice and raises it voice against it.”

Sonia Gandhi says Congress’ victory will be nation’s victory

Sonia Gandhi hugging her son Rahul Gandhi after concluding her speech at the 84th Congress Plenary Session. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Jain)

# “Congress was making efforts to win back the trust of the people and would work with like-minded parties to oust the BJP. Those who want to throw the very identity of the Congress party out of the country do not know how much people love them. There is only one priority today and that is how to make Congress party stronger. Congress is not just a party, but an idea several years ahead of its time,” the former Congress president said.

#“The party’s victory will be the nation’s victory, it will be the victory for each one of us. Congress is not a political term, it is a movement,” she said.

# Sonia Gandhi concluded her speech by saying, “It is the beginning of a new chapter, the challenges we are facing are not usual ones. We need to make an India free of corruption and vendetta, under President Rahul Gandhi, let us pledge that we will make all efforts to to do this.”

Here are the top quotes from Rahul Gandhi’s speech:

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. (Twitter)

# Rahul Gandhi said, “Divide, hatred & anger being spread in country and it is our job to unite & bind India together.”

#  Rahul Gandhi said the Congress party under him would take the seniors and the youth together as the tradition of the party was to embrace change without forgetting its past and legacy.

Congress plenary meet in New Delhi. (Express photo by Praveen Jain)

# “If the youth will take the Congress party forward, the party will not move forward without the experienced leaders. So, my task is to unite the seniors and the youth, to give a new direction,” he said.

(Source: Express photo by Praveen Jain)

# Rahul Gandhi said, “Crores of youths in the country, looking up to PM Modi, are not finding anything and did not know where will the jobs come from and farmers do not know when they will get fair price of their produce. So the country is in a way fatigued, is looking for a way out. And I am saying this from the bottom of my heart that only the Congress can show the path forward.”

Congress leaders at party’s plenary session in New Delhi (Express Photo/Tashi Tobgyal)

# The Congress President reiterated that this country belongs to all. “It belongs to each religion, caste, each individual. And whatever the Congress will do, it will do for the entire country, for each of the country’s individual. It will not leave anyone behind,” he said.

(Source: Express photo by Praveen Jain)