Congress' connection with people 'broken', we have to re-establish it: Rahul

Acknowledging that the Congress connection with people has been broken Rahul Gandhi announced on Sunday that the party will undertake a yatra in October to reestablish and strengthen itHe also laid emphasis on the one family one ticket rule to ensure that multiple members of one family do not contest polls without working for the partyThe Congress on Sunday adopted a Nav Sankalp a road map for wideranging reforms in the party organisation to make it battleready for the next round of assembly and Lok Sabha pollsThe party has adopted the onefamily one ticket formula with the rider that another family member seeking to contest elections should have worked in the party in an exemplary manner for at least five yearsAddressing the closing session of the partys threeday Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir here Gandhi said We have to accept that the Congress connection with the people has been brokenOur fight is for ideology We have to go to the people and sit with them the connection the party had with people has to be reestablished he saidWe have decided that the Congress party in October will got to people and take out a yatra and strengthen the relationwith people This cannot happen with shortcuts he saidHailing the frank discussions at the Shivir Gandhi said which other political party would allow this kind of a discussion where the party leadership is bluntly told what the Congress party feelsCertainly the BJP and RSS would never allow such a thing he saidThe Congress has always provided a platform where people can hold deliberations without any fear or worry he saidAsserting that India is a Union of States Gandhi said It is critical for the union of the country that the states and the people are allowed to have a conversationThe only alternative to a conversation between the people of India is violence between people of India he saidHe alleged a systematic destruction of various institutions was taking placeThe day this countrys institutions stop working the day this country stops having a conversation with itself we will be in serious trouble he saidHe said there is fear that the countrys demographic dividend will turn into a demographic disaster and alleged that the BJP government was responsible for itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever