CONGRESS Since 2004 What it gave? Since 2009 What it gained? Now Where and how to go?

CONGRESS
Since 2004
What it gave?
Since 2009
What it gained?
Now
Where and how to go?
RAPOLU ANANDA BHASKAR
MEMBER, AICC
OBSERVATION PRESENTED TO FELLOW DELEGATES AT
ALL INDIA CONGRESS COMMITTEE
83RD PLENUM
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DECEMBER 18 – 20, 2010, NEW DELHI
RAPOLU ANANDA BHASKAR, MEMBER, AICC PRESENTATION TO AICC 83RD NEW DELHI PLENUM, DECEMBER 2010
CONGRESS Since 2004 What it gave? Since 2009 What it gained? Now Where and how to go?

Since 2004
What it gave?

RIGHTS RAJ

Right to Employment

Right to Information

Right to Education
In offing

Right to food

And then right to Health
Besides

Forest rights to tribals

Social data in ensuing census

Fifty percent to women in Local Governance

LIGHT TO NEWER
Self reliance of learned youth and decrease of thronging employment exchanges
and reduced dependency on government jobs.
Sustained and inclusive growth and capability to face global economic failures. 2

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MIGHT TO NEEDY

80 thousand crore loan waiver to farming sector.

Economic empowerment to rural and urban poor.
Fight for tribal rights and preservation of ecology.
Protection of farm lands and rights of peasantry.
Enabling easy assess for food, health and education.

FIGHT WITH SPIRIT

Nuclear Deal enabled strength to take political risk.

Ayodhya – Babhri land dispute judgment enabled maturity of all faiths to
preserve the harmony and amity of the national society.
Advanced technological prowess in facing calamities like tsunami and global
warming.
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Since 2009 What it gained?

GROWING MANDATE
In 2004, 145 seats and 29%votes [UPA 217 seats and 36% votes + Left]
In 2009, 206 seats and 29%votes [UPA 262 seats and 38% votes]
Its main rival BJP with 116 seats and 19% votes far away of 90 seats and 10% votes.
Over all swing in favour of Congress led UPA is 4%.
Though its coalition, stability in governance and strength in command is the credibility of
Congress across the nation and within United Progressive Alliance.
ENLARGED CHALLENGES
It’s true that caste based identity politics came to saturation level in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Not only 2009 General elections but also latest Bihar polls amply displayed this.
High turnout among rural, women and youth electorate are indicative of satisfaction with the
delivery of development and provision of welfare by UPA at the Centre.
Uttar Pradesh results with 21 seats and 18% votes;
Gujarat results with 11 seats and 43% votes;
Madhya Pradesh results with 12 seats and 40% votes;
Andhra Pradesh results with 33 seats and 39% votes at the same time, only 156 seats out of 294
of AP Legislative Assembly warrants deeper assessment and further programme evaluation.
Also to evaluate inherent risks with the results of Karnataka (6 seats and 37% votes);
Punjab (8 seats and 45% votes) and Jharkhand (1 seat and 15%votes). 4

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In Orissa, Naveen Patnaik;
in Bihar, Nitheesh Kumar;
in Bengal, Buddhadev Bhattacharya;
in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawathi;
in Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje;
in Gujarat, Narendra Modi;
in Jammu Kashmir, Mahabooba Sayeed
targets the person second in command in Congress in their political criticism.
Even, in Tamilnadu, the alliance partner is alert for his forays into the state.
Politically remote control type, socio-culturally activated RSS eyes are also
on just him. The mainstream media looks towards him as the catalyst and
the Prime candidate in waiting. His is called as art of waiting.
It is indicative of catching of imagination by the main opposition and also
percolation to mass through the enlightened channels.
This is having two sides, both encouragement and challenge.
Internal and external enmity and exigencies evaluation shall be meticulous
so as to turn this shielded threat like situation into opportunity. 5

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UPA common minimum programme and presidential proclamation in its first session of
Parliament after 2004 mandate, for formation of separate state of Telangana and
its step forward on December 9, 2009 in the shape of announcement by its Home Minister
for initiation of process of separation,
its cautious time taking in the shape of fielding of a committee to delve into much dug pit
for further clay of reports is threat like opportunity.
Besides

Mining mafia with the shield of political roles;

Shameful lethargy even on the things of public concentration;

Brazen corruption and its spread of tentacles across all walks, streams, classes and
shades of society.

Growing social aspirations in South and their subsequent dynamics and
missing party level engineering.

River water disputes among several states and several circumstantial issues.
SUCCESS TO DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE AS AGENDA
Economic resilience powered by growing production on agrarian front;
Improvement of road, rail and other infrastructure;
Accelerated development of management of river water bodies;
Expansion of quality education at higher and professional level
Besides the implementation of various welfare measures. 6

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Now
Where and how to go?

To have

CLARITY IN COMMITMENT
On several issues and demands, yet to attain clarity of commitment.
DECISIVENESS IN DELIVERY
Employment guarantee, primary education programmes and health programmes
are yet to have decisiveness to weed out the pilferage.
INCLUSIVE GROWTH OF INDIVIDUAL IN PARTY SYSTEM
In party, rich are becoming richer and poor are becoming poorer.
Political elevation, protocol attainment, legislative placements, honest earning
sources and in the least, sustenance of self respect are yet times deprived and
making the activists into moribund group of camp followers. 7

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TIME BOUND REALIZATION OF ASPIRATIONS

Social, regional, sectional aspirations shall not be kept in permanent pending.

METICULOUS SOCIO-REGIONAL ENGINEERING AND

APPRECIATION OF DYNAMICS
Excessive positioning of same group, caste and region
in the centres of power will initiate silent rejections in the polls.
Projection of appreciation of various dynamics will be
long remembered in judgments and mandates.

PROVISION OF SPACE TO YOUNG AND NEW

Succession of families cannot be viewed as provision of
space to new and young.
Proven track record and newness shall always get
micro level assessment and encouragement.
First generation elevations will yield affinity of group towards party. 8

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In New Delhi in 1976, RAPOLU ANANDA BHASKAR with INDIRA GANDHI ji & speaking 9

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With Sonia ji, Rahul ji, in APCC Meet in the presence of Rahul ji & others

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