Rahul Gandhi connects Congress workers in UK to Sonia Gandhi over ‘surprise’ call

Rahul Gandhi, who is on a trip to UK at present, connected members of the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) UK with his mother Sonia Gandhi over a ‘surprise’ phone call on Saturday.

During the call, Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the overseas party workers to work hard to help the Opposition in the upcoming elections.

At the meeting with Rahul Gandhi, IOC UK workers discussed party-related matters and aired their concerns. Rahul Gandhi reiterated his stance that the party is geared up for an ideological fight in India.

“He said we are not fighting against any one political organisation but against a harmful ideology and to protect the institutions of the country,” an IOC UK spokesperson said.

At the meeting, IOC UK President Kamal Dhaliwal and other team members urged Rahul Gandhi to take over presidency of the party so the Congress can “come into power under his leadership”.

TELANGANA
In the interaction, IOC Telangana team members, spokesperson Sudhakar Goud and general secretary Gampa Venugopal expressed their gratitude to Sonia Gandhi for the formation of the state in 2014. She called on them to “work hard to win the Telangana state elections”.

RAHUL GANDHI’S UK VISIT
During his UK visit, Rahul Gandhi addressed the Ideas for India conference on Friday, attended by other Opposition members including CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and TMC’s Mahua Moitra.

“Democracy in India is a global public good. We’re the only people who have managed democracy at our unparalleled scale,” he said at the event organised by think tank Bridge India.

Rahul Gandhi will meet members of Parliament in UK on Monday and later interact with students at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, at an event entitled “India at 75”.