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On the 140th Foundation Day of the Congress, enactment main Mallikarjun Kharge connected Sunday (December 28, 2025) asserted that the Congress is an ideology and ideologies ne'er die.
Addressing enactment leaders and workers astatine the Indira Bhawan office of the party, helium said India has go the world's largest ideology owed to the large leaders of the Congress.
"Today, connected Foundation Day, I privation to intelligibly accidental 1 happening to those who accidental 'the Congress is finished'. I privation to archer them that our powerfulness whitethorn beryllium less, but our spine is inactive straight. We person not compromised; not with the Constitution, not with secularism and not with the rights of the poor. We whitethorn not beryllium successful power, but we volition not bargain," helium said.
Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said the Congress is not conscionable a governmental party, but the dependable of India’s psyche that has stood with each weak, deprived and hardworking person.
He attended the 140th Foundation Day relation astatine the Indira Bhawan office of the enactment here
In a station connected X, helium said, “The resoluteness is to combat adjacent much powerfully the conflict for truth, courage, and to support the Constitution against hatred, injustice, and dictatorship.” “Heartiest greetings to each Congressman connected the Foundation Day of the Indian National Congress today. We wage homage to that historical bequest and those large sacrifices that won state for India, laid the instauration of the Constitution, and strengthened the values of democracy, secularism, societal justice, and equality,” helium added.
Senior Congress leaders are seen during the 140th Foundation Day of the enactment successful New Delhi connected December 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
Noting that the Congress has ne'er asked for votes successful the sanction of religion, Mr. Kharge asserted that the enactment has ne'er dispersed hatred successful the sanction of temple-mosque.
"The Congress unites. The BJP divides. The Congress kept religion arsenic religion only. But immoderate radical turned religion into politics. Today, the BJP has power, but they bash not person the truth. Therefore, sometimes information is hidden, sometimes the census is stopped, sometimes talks of changing the Constitution happen," helium said.
The Congress main said those who are giving speeches connected past today, their ancestors were fleeing from history. "The Congress is an ideology and ideologies ne'er die," helium asserted.
Mr. Kharge besides said the twelvemonth 2025 was the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi becoming the Congress president, the 75th twelvemonth of the adoption of the Constitution and the 150th day of Vande Mataram.
He said the twelvemonth 2026 is the 200th day of Dadabhai Naoroji, the centenary twelvemonth of Sarojini Naidu becoming the Congress president and is besides the centenary of the opus 'Jhanda Uucha Rahe Hamara', which was sung for the archetypal clip astatine the Kanpur Congress Session successful December 1925.
Noting that astir the clip of India's Independence, galore nations gained freedom, the Congress president pointed retired that immoderate countries failed portion successful others, dictatorship prevailed.
"Only India is specified a state wherever ideology is vibrant. It is owed to the large leaders of the Congress that India has go the world's largest democracy," helium claimed.
Mr. Kharge said the Indian National Congress has ever worked for the welfare, empowerment and inclusive improvement of the radical of India. "We powerfully judge successful adjacent accidental successful political, economic, and societal rights, arsenic guaranteed by the Constitution of India."
"The 140-year-old glorious past of the Indian National Congress narrates the large saga of truth, non-violence, sacrifice, conflict and patriotism," helium said, portion giving his champion wishes to each Indian connected Congress Foundation Day.
Several Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal, and Ajay Maken, were contiguous astatine the relation to commemorate the 140th Foundation Day of the party.
Senior Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Digvijaya Singh attended the event, portion Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was not contiguous astatine the function.
