New Delhi: The grand old party on Tuesday rejected reports of a division in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) over a resolution passed in support of the Palestinian cause on Monday. “There is no division in the Congress. Everyone in the party is on the same page. These are rumors by those who are playing politics over the CWC resolution. It is very sad. We are all pained at the turn of events in Israel. We want Indians to be safe there and want their safe return. That is what the government should be doing,” CWC member Gourav Gogoi told this channel.
The resolution read: “The CWC expresses its dismay and anguish on the war that has broken out in the Middle East where over a thousand people have been killed in the last two days. The CWC reiterates its long-standing support for the rights of the Palestinian people to land, self-government and to live with dignity and respect. The CWC calls for an immediate ceasefire and for negotiations to begin on all outstanding issues, including the imperative issues that have given rise to the present conflict.”
The CWC resolution invited sharp reactions from BJP leaders like Pralhad Joshi, Kailash Vijayvargiya and Tejasvi Surya and they slammed the Congress for allegedly supporting the “terrorists”. “Kailash Vijayvargiya should read the statement of former Prime Minister AB Vajpayee. Since Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo yatra, they have been so perturbed with the Congress that they have forgotten their leaders,” said Gogoi, recalling the ex-PM’s support to Palestine. “To Pralhad Joshi, I can only say that may god give them better sense,” he said, adding, “The BJP has a set stand irrespective of what the Congress says.”