Historical event, 200 leaders to participate": Congress on centenary celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's 1924 Belagavi Session

New Delhi : Congress MP KC Venugopal on Tuesday elaborated on the programmes to be held on December 26 and 27 in Belagavi to celebrate the centenary of the 1924 session of the party, and said it will be a "historic event" which will see the participation of around 200 leaders.
Addressing a press conference here today, Venugopal said that all the Congressmen are proud of this event.
"Mahatma Gandhi presented his address in Belgaum basically on non-violence, non-cooperation as a means to attain political freedom, the removal of untouchability, promoting unity between communities, the need to address socio-economic disparity and reinforce the principle of justice and equality. These were the contents of Gandhi ji's speech in 1924. The Belgaum session became the bedrock of India's freedom movement," he said.
"To commemorate 100 years of this session, we are doing an extended Congress Working Committee Meeting at Belgavi. We are calling it 'Nav Satyagrah Bethak'. The meeting will be held at the same venue where Mahatma Gandhi took over the presidency of the Indian National Congress. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has completed all the arrangements for this historic session. Along with the CWC members, around 200 leaders will be attending the session," he added.
Further, the Congress leader mentioned that on December 26 at 2:30 pm, the meeting will start at Mahatma Gandhi Nagar.
"On the 27th morning, at 11:30 am, the 'Jai Bapu-Jai Bhim-Jai Sanvidhan' rally will be held in Belgavi. MPs of Congress and AICC functionaries and lakhs of Congress workers will be participating in that," Venugopal said.
KC Venugopal also highlighted that the CWC meeting will discuss the action plan of the Indian National Congress for the next year and adopt two resolutions.
"The meeting will deliberate upon the critical challenges facing the nation under the BJP rule including economic inequality, erosion of democracy and attack on Constitutional institutions. This is going to be a landmark programme of INC to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's presidency as a president of the Congress," he said.