Stand on Vande Mataram clear, Congress to only sing two stanza in party, says Venugopal
Congress to take ‘paper-leak’, ‘chanda chori’ to grassroots; demands PM’s apology on ‘shuddhikaran’
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) decided on August 19, 2026, to expand its student outreach program, Chhatron Ki Goonj, to around 800 cities and towns nationwide. During a four-hour media briefing, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K. C. Venugopal argued that the Ram Temple construction was akin to "ghar ghar chori" or theft from every household, echoing the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) rhetoric.
AICC leader Rahul Gandhi urged Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states to submit reports on education reforms to party president Mallikarjun Kharge within a month. Gandhi criticized his colleagues for not meeting enough students or participating in the NEET paper leak protests, asserting that he had met more students than anyone else.
He pledged to support students "come what may." AICC general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal reiterated the demand for a Supreme Court-monitored probe and an audit of the Ram Temple trust's accounts, while also asserting a freeze on Lok Sabha strength at 543 seats with existing State-wise allocations retained for 25 years. The CWC also demanded one-third women's reservation from the 2029 Lok Sabha polls.
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