Mr Gandhi stated that the party must face reality and strive hard to reconnectwith the people.
"We will have to acknowledge that our linkages with the masses have been destroyed, but the people realise that the Congress is the only party that can lead the country forward," he remarked onthe final day of the Congress strategy meeting (Chintan Shivir) in Rajasthan Udaipur.
He claimed that there is no quick fix for reuniting with the people, and that theparty will have to work hard at it.
"Spend months with farmers and labourers, not just one or two days," he urged party members and officials. He promised party members that he would fight alongside them against the BJP.
"I've never been corrupt, I've never taken money, and I'm not afraid to fight," MrGandhi said.
He warned that India hasn't fully grasped the ramifications of restricting freedom of expression, accusing the BJP and RSS of becoming authoritarian and hazardous to the country.
He claims that the grand old party is chastised for permitting internal discussions since party members can tell "Unlike the BJP and the RSS," the leadership believes.
The Congress scion recognised many issues the party is experiencing and presented a plan to resuscitate and excite it in a protracted address that alternated between Hindi and English.
Mr Gandhi asserted that India is a union of states, saying, "It is vital for the country's unity that the states and the people have the opportunity to talk.
The only alternative to a discourse between Indians is for Indians to fight each other "he said.
He claimed that numerous institutions were being "systematically destroyed."
Mr Gandhi asserted that India is a union of states, saying, "It is vital for the country's unity that the states and the people have the opportunity to talk.
The only alternative to a discourse between Indians is for Indians to fight each other "he said.
He claimed that numerous institutions were being "systematically destroyed."
"We shall be in real difficulty the day this country's institutions stop working, the day this country stops talking to itself," he added.
He stated that regional parties cannot fight like the Congress, emphasising the necessity to develop itself as a formidable and key national opposition party. "This is an ideological battle that no regional party can win."
The BJP will talk about the Congress but not about regional parties since they recognise their importance but cannot defeat them because they lack that philosophy.He stated, "This is a war to rescue the country's future."
Recognizing the party's strategy's flaws, Mr Gandhi stated that communication is one area where the BJP excels.
He claimed the BJP has more money and is better at engaging with the public
"We need to restructure our communication and reconnect with the public."
He accused the BJP-led Centre of manipulating the country's vital institutions and silencing views.
He said that the judiciary had been misled, that the Election Commission's arm had been bent, and that threats and intimidation had been used to muzzle the media.
He described Pegasus, an Israeli military-grade spyware, as "a technique to silence and suffocate the political elite."
"We have witnessed the damage that the farm laws have produced in PunjabThis country's youth were promised jobs, but unemployment has never been this high," he remarked.
"It is our obligation to go among the people and convince them that they are being separated, which is not good for the country.It can only be done by Congress.
Nobody in the country (of any class or creed) can claim that Congress has shut them out "According to Mr. Gandhi,
On Sunday, the Congress passed a 'Nav Sankalp,' a road map for wide-ranging reforms in the party's structurein preparation for the next round of assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Around 400 party leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and PriyankaGandhi Vadra, are attending the Chintan Shivir, which was called in the wake of the party's recent five-state election defeat.
According to sources, the Udaipur conclave would concentrate on a time-bound and action-oriented reform process within the party.
Following its massive brainstorming session, the Congress established the one-man-one-post norm with several modifications.
However, the Working Committee, the party's top decision-making body, rejected the plan for a Parliamentary Board to replace the Congress Election Committee, which was a main demand of the rebels.
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