Miffed with the lack of credit given to the Congress party’s contribution to provide representation and empower marginalised communities, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) is planning a campaign titled ‘Dalit Sangamam’ to drive home the point that the Congress party has a rich history accommodating and nurturing Dalits in leadership positions and has grand plans to do so in future as well.
The reason for this campaign, party sources say, is that the party has lost touch with the State’s Dalit population who seem to have moved away despite the party boasting tall Dalit leaders, such as former Home Minister and former TNCC president P. Kakkan in key ministerial and party positions.
TNCC SC head M.P. Ranjan Kumar, who was in New Delhi recently, where senior AICC leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge and organisational secretary K.C. Venugopal, held a meeting with TNCC leaders to discuss about the party’s strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in 2024, said he had discussed the idea with Mr. Gandhi.
