Rahul further emphasised that the Congress party must first fulfill its responsibilities before asking people for votes.”It has been almost 30 years since we have been in power here. Whenever I come here, there are discussions on Assembly elections of 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2027. But the question is not about elections. The people of Gujarat will not make us win the elections until we fulfil our responsibilities,” the Congress leader said.”We should not even ask the people of Gujarat to bring us to power until we fulfil our responsibilities. I guarantee you that the day we do this, the people of Gujarat will give their support to the Congress party,” he added.The LoP in the Lok Sabha criticised the party’s state unit saying it has been “unable to show the way” to Gujarat.”Gujarat is stuck, it is unable to see the way, Gujarat wants to move forward. I am a member of the Congress party and I am saying that the Congress party of Gujarat is unable to show it the way, and I am not speaking with shame, I am not speaking with fear,” Rahul said”I want to put this before you whether it is our workers, whether it is Rahul Gandhi, whether it is our general secretary, whether it is our PCC president, we are unable to show the way to Gujarat. Till date, the expectations of Gujarat from us, from me, from our PCC president, from our in-charge in the last 30 years, we are unable to fulfil them,” he added.Talking about Congress’s electoral strength, he said, “The opposition has 40 percent of the vote in Gujarat. We only need a 5 percent increase to win. We increased the vote share by 22 percent in Telangana. It can be done here too, but without filtering the party, it won’t happen.”Rahul further urged the Congress workers to reconnect with the people and assured them of his commitment. “I want to understand Gujarat, I want to build a relationship with the people of Gujarat. Confidence is inside you; my job is to bring it out,” he said.(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
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