127th foundation day of Indian National Congress observed on Friday
IMPHAL, Dec 28MNS NNN: Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh on Friday assured an independent body with a retired Judge as its chairman to be set up soon to make a policy towards bringing an egalitarian development among all ethnic groups in Manipur.
The Chief Minister was addressing a glittering function marking the 127th Foundation Day of Indian National Congress at Congress Bhavan, Imphal.
Ibobi said a new-fangled independent body with a retired Judge from outside the state as its chairman will be set up soon to make a new policy towards bringing an egalitarian development among all the ethnic communities in the state. Representatives from all the ethnic communities including intellectuals will also be included in the body, he said.
The Chief Minister said the 127th anniversary of INC is being celebrated so as to make it sentient to the present generation about the Congress party as well as the political history of India. He also hailed the party founder leaders who had fought for independence and laid down their lives for the integrity of the nation.
Deputy Chief Minister and President, Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), Gaikhangam, who was also speaking at the function, said the anniversary was supposed to be organized in a big way but the present state of affairs in the state has hampered it.
Gaikhangam noted that the Congress party has come out as the most powerful party in the country because of the support of the people and maintained that the party works for peace, unity and prosperity setting aside the divergence of colour, race, language and religion.
Rajya Sabha MP Rishang Keishing also attended the event. He observed that the Congress party has now grown weaker and shrunk because the party is full of corrupt people and leaders.
“We should love others like we love ourselves and tag along with the footprint of the late leaders of the party in order to strengthen the party,” the octogenarian Congress leader suggested.
Congress ministers, MLAs and a swarm of Congress workers also took part at the function. Later, a convention of the delegates of Pradesh Congress Committee (PPC) was also organized as part of the anniversary. A condolence session was also held in honour of the sacrificed Congress workers who were victims of underground elements during the last 10th Manipur general election, 2012.
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