INDIA group contesting ideological election; Rahul Gandhi is chosen as the PM candidate after polls

NEW DELHI: Congressman Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that forces attempting to undermine democracy and the Constitution are pitted against those defending them in the Lok Sabha elections.

Gandhi said at the unveiling of the Congress manifesto that the election is closer than the media has suggested and that he is confident in winning the elections.
In response to a query after the party manifesto’s publication for the Lok Sabha elections, he said that the concept of “India Shining” was being promoted similarly to how it was in 2004.

He stated, “Do remember who won that campaign,” alluding to the 2004 Lok Sabha elections and the BJP-led NDA’s vigorous “India Shining” campaign.
The UPA administration took office after the BJP lost the election.
Gandhi said that the INDIA group has resolved to fight an ideological election and that the choice of the PM candidate would be made after the results of the vote.
On April 19, the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections will take place.
The Congress promised in its platform to adopt a constitutional amendment raising the 50% ceiling on reservations for SCs, STs, and OBCs, as well as to secure the right to apprenticeship and MSP.
‘Nyay Patra’, the party’s manifesto, was unveiled at the AICC headquarters with former chairman of the Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge, present. It was centred on 25 assurances that fell under five “pillars of justice.”
The opposition party pledged to appoint candidates to around thirty lakh authorised positions at different levels under the national government.
The party also declared that, should it win power, it will impose a ten percent quota on employment, open schools to all castes and economically disadvantaged sections (EWS), and make communities free from discrimination.