My journey in the last eight years has seen me work closely with leaders who have since departed from the Congress party, yet my allegiance remains steadfast to the principles and values upheld by the party. While individuals come and go, my commitment to the Congress party endures. Through my experiences, I've witnessed the ebb and flow of leadership, but it is the enduring ethos of the Congress party that resonates with me. Despite the exodus of leaders, my dedication to the Congress party stems from its long-standing commitment to social justice, inclusivity, and the empowerment of ordinary citizens. These values resonate deeply with my own beliefs and convictions. Furthermore, my loyalty extends beyond individuals to the larger vision of progress and equality that the Congress party represents. It is a vision that transcends transient political alliances and personal ambitions. In times of change and transition, it is more important than ever to remain anchored to the foundational principles that define us. My unwavering support for the Congress party is a testament to my belief in its enduring mission to build a stronger, more equitable India for all.

For years, Indians have been told that the world fears us, respects us, and listens to us like never before. This is the moment to prove it. Indian sailors have lost their lives because of the actions of a foreign military, this is not merely a diplomatic incident. It is a test of India’s self-respect as a nation. The question is simple: Is an Indian life valuable only when the adversary is weak? Or does its value remain the same even when the country responsible is the world’s most powerful nation? History remembers nations that stood tall, not nations that remained silent. India’s foreign policy under Congress was built on a simple principle: friendship with all, submission to none. From Jawaharlal Nehru to Lal Bahadur Shastri to Indira Gandhi to Dr Manmohan Singh, India earned global respect because it spoke with an independent voice and defended its principles regardless of which superpower was involved. When the United States shot down Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, killing 290 civilians, the government of Rajiv Gandhi did not look the other way simply because the country responsible was a global superpower. India called for accountability and upheld the principle that innocent lives could never be dismissed as collateral damage. Again, during the build-up to the Iraq War in 2003, despite immense pressure from Washington, Atal Bihari Vajpayee refused to send Indian troops into a conflict that was not in the national interest. The message was clear: India’s decisions would be made in New Delhi, not dictated from abroad. That was strategic autonomy. That was national self-respect. That was an India that spoke its mind without fear or favour. Today, however, there appears to be one standard for adversaries and another for allies. When Indian lives are at stake, there can be no double standards. The families of Indian sailors do not care about strategic partnerships, diplomatic optics, stadium spectacles, or carefully choreographed headlines. They want to know one thing: when their loved ones were killed, did their country stand up for them with all its strength? A government that claims India has become a global power cannot afford the luxury of selective outrage. Strength is not measured by how loudly you speak to smaller nations or domestic opponents. Strength is measured by whether you can look the most powerful nation in the world in the eye and demand answers when Indian lives are lost. India must demand a transparent investigation. India must demand accountability. India must demand justice for every Indian family affected. Not because the country involved is America. Not because it is a friend or an adversary. But because Indian lives are not negotiable. No strategic partnership is above Indian lives. No geopolitical calculation is above Indian lives. No global power is above accountability when Indian lives are lost. A truly strong India does not bend before power. It stands with its citizens. Every time. Without exception. Without fear. Without compromise. Because the value of the tricolour is tested not when we confront the weak, but when we have the courage to confront the powerful.

अमेरिकी हमलों में तीन भारतीय नाविकों की हत्या के चंद दिन बाद - न अफ़सोस, न माफ़ी। उल्टा, अमेरिका ने आदेश देना जारी रखा है। उनके शब्द पढ़िए: “अमेरिकी सेना के आदेश तुरंत मानें।” कोई उल्लंघन “बर्दाश्त नहीं किया जाएगा।” एक आज़ाद देश इस तरह की भाषा कभी नहीं सहेगा। लेकिन हमारे Compromised PM? चुप। एक आज्ञाकारी नौकर की तरह सुनते हैं, और आदेश मान लेते हैं। Compromised PM देश के सम्मान की रक्षा नहीं करेगा - क्योंकि जो देश का अपमान करते हैं, वो उन्हीं के वश में हैं।

कई साथियों ने INDIA गठबंधन की बैठक में मेरे भाषण का हिंदी अनुवाद मांगा था - यह रहा, ज़रूर सुनें। 8 जून को INDIA गठबंधन की बैठक में 20 से भी ज़्यादा नेताओं के भाषणों और बातों को सुनने के बाद आखिर में मैंने इस भाषण से उन्हें संबोधित किया। जब भारत की सोच, देश की आत्मा पर संकट हो... जब संस्थाओं पर कब्ज़ा हो... जब जनता की आवाज़ दबाई जाए...तब सिर्फ़ एकता के साथ प्रतिरोध काम आता है। मैं फिर से कह रहा हूँ - 2024 का चुनाव हम हारे नहीं थे और 2029 का चुनाव हम जीत चुके हैं। हम एकजुट रहेंगे, जन-जन को संगठित करेंगे और प्रतिरोध की ताकत से BJP और उसके भारत के संस्थानों पर कब्ज़े को हराएंगे। youtube.com/watch?v=kG3sz5Ff…

असम में वायुसेना की विमान दुर्घटना में हमारे पाँच वीर जवानों के शहीद होने का समाचार अत्यंत दुःखद है। इस दुख की घड़ी में मेरी गहरी संवेदनाएं शहीदों के शोकाकुल परिजनों के साथ हैं। देश इन बहादुर जवानों का सर्वोच्च बलिदान हमेशा याद रखेगा।

अपने जीवन के उतार-चढ़ाव की कहानी...#DilsewithKapilSibal में साझा की है। @KapilSibal

Some speeches are written for a news cycle. Some are remembered for a season. And then there are speeches that define a political moment. @RahulGandhi’s address at the INDIA Alliance meeting belongs to the latter category. This was not the speech of a politician seeking power. It was the voice of a leader speaking about purpose, conviction and the responsibility of defending an idea larger than any individual or party. At its heart was a simple but profound message: India cannot be governed through fear, division and intimidation. It can only be strengthened through love, compassion, constitutional values and collective resistance. RG reminded the nation that the @INCIndia Party was not born as an election machine but as a movement of resistance. From the freedom struggle to the defence of democratic institutions, its role has always been to stand up whenever the soul of India comes under threat. In that context, his words carried both historical weight and contemporary relevance. What made the speech especially powerful was its unwavering belief in resilience. Even after relentless attacks, electoral setbacks and unprecedented political pressure, there was no trace of bitterness or surrender. Instead, there was faith, faith that truth ultimately prevails, faith that democratic values cannot be crushed forever, and faith that ordinary Indians will rise to defend the Republic when the moment demands it. His call for opposition unity was equally significant. He did not speak of alliances as mere arithmetic. He spoke of them as a moral and democratic necessity. The message was clear: when institutions are weakened and dissent is targeted, differences must be set aside in defence of the Constitution and the idea of India itself. The most striking line running through the speech was that resistance is not an option; it is a duty. A duty to protect the Constitution. A duty to defend social harmony. A duty to ensure that future generations inherit a nation where freedom is not a privilege granted by the powerful but a right guaranteed to every citizen. In an age where politics is often reduced to slogans and spectacle, Rahul Gandhi’s speech stood apart because it was rooted in values. It was not about winning the next headline. It was about winning the larger battle for India’s democratic character. Power can command obedience. Money can buy influence. Propaganda can manufacture perceptions. But history has repeatedly shown that when people unite around truth, justice and constitutional values, even the most formidable forces eventually yield. Rahul Gandhi’s speech is a reminder of that enduring truth and a declaration that the fight for India’s soul continues…..

“The Congress Party’s role as many of you have stated, is to unite all of you together with love and affection.” My speech to the INDIA Alliance leadership on 8th June. youtube.com/watch?v=EorzeIgd…

After Vote Chori and Sarkar Chori - the BJP-EC jugalbandi has finished the contest before it has even begun with Seat Chori. Look at what happened in the recent Rajya Sabha elections. Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan ji submitted every document. No pending cases. The EC cancelled her nomination on a frivolous BJP objection. Parimal Nathwani ji, the BJP-backed independent, got his own name wrong on the form and skipped multiple mandatory disclosures. The EC gave him an extension to fix everything. Same Election Commission. Two candidates. One was disqualified without even a hearing. The other was rewarded despite not following the rules. When the Congress sought a meeting, the EC first tried to evade us. When we finally met, they did not say one word. Expect to see much more of this - because for the BJP, it is far easier to fix the election than to win it.

आज इंदिरा भवन में कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge, नेता विपक्ष श्री @RahulGandhi और संगठन महासचिव श्री @kcvenugopalmp की मौजूदगी में कांग्रेस महासचिवों, प्रभारियों और प्रदेश अध्यक्षों की महत्वपूर्ण बैठक हुई। 📍 नई दिल्ली

Some news reports on what supposedly transpired in the meeting between Smt Sonia Gandhi and Ms. Mamata Banerjee are completely inaccurate. The meeting was very cordial and many personal matters were talked about, given the long relationship they have had.

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Had the privilege of meeting CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi avaru, Leader of Opposition Shri @RahulGandhi avaru, and Congress General Secretary Smt. @priyankagandhi avaru at 10 Janpath, New Delhi. Our discussion centered on the welfare of the people, inclusive development, and our collective responsibility towards building a stronger and more prosperous Karnataka and India. I remain deeply grateful to the Gandhi family for the trust, affection, and guidance they have extended to me throughout my political journey. Their steadfast commitment to the ideals of public service, social justice, and nation-building continues to inspire millions across the country. As I take on this new responsibility, I look forward to their continued blessings and guidance in serving the people of Karnataka with humility, dedication, and sincerity.

Congratulations to Narendra Modi, as he becomes India’s longest-serving Prime Minister, surpassing Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in tenure. But history is not measured by the number of days spent in office. It is measured by what a leader builds and leaves behind. Nehru inherited a nation devastated by Partition, communal violence, mass poverty, illiteracy, and colonial exploitation. India had weak institutions, little industrial capacity, and many doubted whether its democracy would survive. Yet Nehru chose nation-building over narrative-building. He strengthened parliamentary democracy, protected federalism, nurtured an independent judiciary, established world-class institutions like IITs and AIIMS, built scientific and research centres, public sector industries, dams, and gave India a respected global voice. Most importantly, he tolerated criticism and encouraged debate. He believed strong institutions were more important than a strongman. Compare that to today. After 12 years of unprecedented political dominance, India faces concerns over unemployment, inequality, social polarization, weakening institutional autonomy, and a growing culture of personality-centric politics. Nehru invested in institutions. Modi invests in political messaging. Nehru built systems that could survive him. Modi has built a political ecosystem that revolves around him. No leader is without flaws, and Nehru made mistakes. But there is a fundamental difference between a leader who inherited a fractured nation and built its foundations, and a leader who inherited those foundations and benefited from them. Even today, India’s democracy, scientific ecosystem, higher education network, constitutional framework, and many of its premier institutions stand on foundations laid during the Nehru era. Modi may have surpassed Nehru in the length of time spent in office. But he has yet to surpass him in institution-building, democratic commitment, scientific vision, intellectual influence, or nation-building legacy. History will record that Modi ruled India longer. History will also record that Nehru helped create the India that Modi inherited. Power is measured in years. Legacy is measured in generations. Modi may have surpassed Nehru in tenure, but surpassing him in nation-building remains a much taller task.

चुनाव आयोग के साथ मिलकर मोदी लोकतंत्र की हत्या करने में लगे हैं. इसी साजिश के तहत आज मध्य प्रदेश से राज्य सभा की कांग्रेस उम्मीदवार मीनाक्षी नटराजन जी का नामांकन रद्द कर दिया गया. इस अलोकतांत्रिक कदम के खिलाफ जब कांग्रेस का डेलिगेशन चुनाव आयोग पहुंचा तो आयोग के अधिकारी उनसे मिलने को तैयार नहीं थे. ऐसे में कांग्रेस के डेलिगेशन को चुनाव आयोग के बाहर ही धरने पर बैठना पड़ा. देश देख रहा है - मोदी और चुनाव आयोग कैसे लोकतंत्र को खत्म करने में लगे हैं.

12 वर्षों की गरीब-विरोधी आर्थिक नीतियों और compromised विदेश नीति ने आज देश को ऐसे हालात में ला खड़ा कर दिया है जहाँ लाखों गरीब परिवारों और महिलाओं को लकड़ी के ज़हरीले धुएं की तरफ धकेल दिया गया है। उज्ज्वला योजना में सब्सिडी वाले सिलेंडरों की संख्या 9 से घटाकर 4 कर दिया गया। उसपर पिछले 3 महीनों में घरेलू LPG सिलेंडर के दाम ₹89 बढ़ा दिया गया - मतलब, पहले दाम बढ़ाओ, फिर सब्सिडी घटाओ, गरीबों का चूल्हा बुझाओ। प्रवासी मजदूरों की जीवनरेखा, 5 किलो का सिलेंडर भी ₹323 महंगा कर दिया - वो कमाएगा क्या, खाएगा क्या, और बचाएगा क्या? अरबपति मित्रों को लाखों करोड़ों की कर्ज़माफ़ी दिलाना और गरीबों को अपनी नाकामियों का बिल थमाना - ये लूट का मोदी मॉडल है। मोदी जी, क्या आपकी नाकामियों का बोझ सिर्फ गरीब उठाएंगे? क्या आपकी बनाई इस चरमराती अर्थव्यवस्था की कीमत मजदूर, किसान, महिलाएं और मध्यम वर्ग ही चुकाएंगे?

Did Congress get more votes in West Bengal? Maybe not. But Congress is still standing after 140 years. The real story is that parties born from Congress keep splitting, shrinking, merging, or returning to the Congress ecosystem, while commentators keep writing Congress’s obituary every election cycle. Funny thing about obituaries: Congress has outlived most of the people who wrote them.

There is a fundamental difference between the Congress approach to alliances and the BJP approach to alliances. Congress has spent decades building coalitions by accommodating regional aspirations, sharing political space, respecting local leadership, and accepting that India is too diverse to be dominated by a single party everywhere. The BJP’s approach is very different. It doesn’t merely want allies. It wants eventual supremacy. Look at the pattern. The Shiv Sena was split. The NCP was split. Today, sections of the media and BJP ecosystem seem almost eager to celebrate every defection in the TMC, hoping for yet another political fracture. This is not the behaviour of a political force comfortable with competition. It is the behaviour of a political force obsessed with eliminating competition. Congress has had alliances with regional parties across India for decades. There have been disagreements, negotiations, and occasional partings of ways. But Congress has never made the destruction of its allies a political project. Its strength has always come from accommodation. The BJP’s strength increasingly appears to come from absorption. Congress says: “Keep your identity, represent your people, and let’s work together.” The BJP’s message often seems to be: “Work with us today, but don’t be surprised if we try to replace you tomorrow.” That is why regional parties should pay close attention. The question is not whether the BJP is your ally today. The question is whether it still wants you to exist tomorrow. A confident political party wins public support and expands its own organisation. An insecure political party celebrates defections, engineers splits, and then presents the wreckage as a political achievement. The tragedy is that some television studios now applaud party break-ups as though they are democratic victories. Since when did breaking parties become more admirable than defeating them in elections? Democracy is strengthened when parties compete before the people. Democracy is weakened when political engineering replaces political persuasion. That is why, despite losing power, Congress remains the principal national opposition after more than a decade. It has survived because it is held together by ideology, history, and a culture of accommodation. Many regional parties have grown while partnering with Congress because Congress creates space for allies. Too many parties that entered the BJP’s orbit have eventually discovered that they were not partners in a coalition, but participants in a takeover.

There is a lesson Indian politics keeps teaching, but many refuse to learn. Power creates followers. Ideology creates soldiers. The moment power disappears, opportunists disappear with it. The slogans fade. The crowds shrink. The self-proclaimed revolutionaries start looking for their next political vehicle. But an ideological movement survives. For twelve long years, the Congress has faced the full force of the most powerful political machine India has ever seen. Governments, agencies, media ecosystems, billion-dollar propaganda networks, daily character assassination campaigns and endless predictions of its demise. Yet the Congress stands. Not because it had power. Not because it had money. Not because the road was easy. It stands because it is rooted in an idea bigger than any individual, bigger than any election and bigger than any government. An idea that fought for India’s freedom. An idea that wrote India’s Constitution. An idea that believes India belongs to every Indian, not just those who agree with the ruling establishment. That is why every few years we hear the same prediction: “Congress is finished.” And every few years reality delivers the same answer: Congress is still here. Many parties that emerged from the Congress ecosystem spent years claiming they had discovered a superior path. Some built personality cults. Some built regional empires. Some built movements around outrage and slogans. But the test of a political party is not how it performs when it controls the government. The real test is whether it survives when it loses power. That is where the difference becomes obvious. Congress workers fought during defeats. Congress workers fought during emergencies. Congress workers fought when leaders were jailed. Congress workers fought when the party was written off. Because Congress was never just a route to power. It was a cause. And at the centre of this fight today stands @RahulGandhi. While others adjusted their principles according to political convenience, Rahul Gandhi chose confrontation over compromise. He spoke about unemployment when it was uncomfortable. He spoke about inequality when it was unpopular. He spoke about institutional capture when others remained silent. He spoke about social harmony when hatred was becoming politically profitable. He paid the price for that honesty. He was mocked. He was abused. He was caricatured. He was underestimated. Yet with every attack, his credibility grew. Because people eventually recognise the difference between a leader chasing headlines and a leader willing to endure personal attacks for what he believes. Today, Rahul Gandhi is not growing because of media support. He is growing despite media hostility. He is not growing because of propaganda. He is growing because millions increasingly see authenticity where critics once tried to manufacture doubt. And that is why the future belongs to ideological clarity, not political confusion. The countless fragments that once broke away from the Congress family need to ask themselves a simple question: If the objective is to defend constitutional values, social justice, secularism and democracy, why remain divided? History does not reward fragmentation. History rewards unity of purpose. The Congress is not merely another opposition party. It is the original national movement from which most of these political streams emerged. The time for experiments, egos and endless splintering is ending. The time for coming home is approaching. Because when the battle is truly about the soul of India, there is only one national platform with the history, ideology, organisation and leadership to take that fight across every state and every village. The Congress survived when many expected it to disappear. And under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership, it is not just surviving. It is preparing for its comeback.

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