Rahul Gandhi will be seen in new avatar after Bharat Jodo Yatra: Digvijaya Singh

Rahul Gandhi has become a symbol of Bharat jodo unite India and will be seen in a new avatar post the Congress panIndia march senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday saidSingh who has been a part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra since it started from Kanyakumari told PTI in a interview that the march has definitely impacted the Congress positively as it is for the first time after many years that the grand old party is being discussed in remote areas villages and people are very impressed that Rahul Gandhi is walking all the wayThe yatra will help strengthen the party he said while noting that the commitment to ideology and leadership is missing in the Congress at presentAlso read Rahul Gandhi should think before speaking against Savarkar says Shiv Senas Manisha KayandeRahul Gandhi is spearheading the yatra that began from Kanyakumari and will end in Jammu and Kashmir A host of Congress leaders will walk 3500 km during the marchIn this country if anyone does tyag sacrifice he is always revered Sonia Gandhi did tyag of the prime ministers post And here Rahul Gandhi is walking sweating in the heat standing in the rain fighting all kinds of fake news and defamation He has become a symbol of Bharat jodo the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister saidAsked which way has the Yatra helped Rahul Singh said Well you shall see him now in his new avatar He said he has known Rahul for a long time and once he decides to do something nothing can stop him from achieving thatThe day he decides no one will be able to stop him he said on Rahuls political journey forwardFrankly I have always seen him as a very highly committed and ideologically committed person with a highly inquisitive mind He would not let you go until he has his answers And he is a prolific leader and very spiritual too the veteran Congress leader saidSingh who has dropped out of the race for the post of Congress president and became proposer for party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge noted that the Congress is extremely poor as an organisation as compared to the BJP organisation which is a cadrebased partyThe Congress is part of a mass movement and new leaders emerge out of past movementsObviously new leadership will emerge from the party he said adding those who are taking part in the march have left their homes and showing their commitmentElections for the Congress presidents post will take place on October 17 and results will be announced on October 19The Congress veteran also dwelled on the weaknesses of the party and efforts to overcome themWhat is missing in this party is the commitment to ideology and leadership he rued adding the party is also giving confused signalsOne of the major weaknesses of the Congress party is that it works in silos There is no horizontal integration of all Congressmen at the cutting edge which is the grassroot at the ground level We have attempted this in this yatra This is the format that we are preparing he saidTalking about the yatra he said they have appointed coordinators for every state and district and the partys frontal bodies and cells are also doing so which will help strengthen the organisation structure at the grassroot levelHe said party leaders have been assigned identifiable tasks to fill in and visit many households and provide feedbackThe biggest achievement of the yatra is that the media is looking at us now he said adding Congress workers are out of their home in the streets and on the roads nowSingh also hit out at some Congress leaders saying there are some leaders who are experts in all India politics but have not ventured out of their homes in DelhiThe party veteran who has played an important role in the organisation for a long time said he is amused that the BJP is criticising it and is reacting to itAsked what would be his advice to detractors of Rahul Gandhi and the party he said Take a walkAsked if a new Digvijaya Singh would emerge from this yatra Singh said he remains a humble down to earth Congress workerCiting seven defamation cases filed against him he said whether he is in a position or not he walks on the streets and fights themThis 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