Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that there is a need to make structural and organisational changes in the party.
Commenting on the power struggle in Manipur and Goa, where the Congress won majority of seats but the BJP staked claim to form government, Rahul said the “BJP is misusing money for power”.
Rahul also accused the BJP of “stealing” the mandate of people and “undermining democracy” in these states by use of money power. He alleged that the Goa Governor acted in a “partisan” manner.
“They are saying that it is okay for them to misuse the office of the Governor…In the two states where we won, democracy has been undermined by them (BJP) using financial power, money. That is what is happening. The mandate of the people of Goa and Manipur has been stolen by the BJP,” he told reporters outside Parliament.
Speaking out for the first time after the results of the elections to five states were declared on March 11, Gandhi said, “Our fight with the BJP is an ideological fight.
What the BJP has done in Manipur and Goa is their ideology – and that is what we are fighting.”
