Sonia Gandhi was re-elected as the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party at a meeting on Saturday, 1 June. Rahul Gandhi said at the meeting that he will fight BJP every day, reported NDTV.
Post the meeting, he tweeted that though the Congress Party may have just 52 Lok Sabha members, “we will work together like a pride of brave hearted lions to protect our Constitution and Institutions and to fearlessly do our duty as the leading Opposition party.”
The meeting was the first official meeting that Rahul Gandhi attended after he offered to resign as Congress president on 25 May.
- The Congress chief on Thursday met Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy and NCP leader Sharad Pawar in Delhi
- Congress’s Youth Wing passed a motion to request Rahul Gandhi to stay on as party president
- Shashi Tharoor said that Rahul Gandhi is the best person to pull the Congress out of its predicament
'No One Will Support You': Rahul Gandhi
Addressing MPs and the Congress parliamentary party meet, President Rahul Gandhi said:
“There’s no institution that is going to support you in this country, not one is going to support you. It’s like the British period, when not a single institution supported the party yet we fought & won, we will do it again.”
'The BJP Will Have No Walkover In Parliament': Rahul Gandhi
“The Congress Party may have just 52 Lok Sabha members, but we will work together like a pride of brave hearted lions to protect our Constitution and Institutions and to fearlessly do our duty as the leading Opposition party,” tweeted Rahul Gandhi after the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting. “The BJP will have no walkover in Parliament,” he added.
Rahul Congratulates Sonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi put out a tweet congratulating Sonia Gandhi on being elected leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party.
CPP Meet Concludes, Rahul And Sonia Leave
Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi leave after Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting concludes.