Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 9 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitendra Jitu Patwari on Wednesday morning attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that they want to drive the country by 'instilling fear' about Pakistan. He said that Congress, on the other hand, wants the country to progress by 'going ahead' of China.

'Narendra Modi, BJP and RSS want to drive the country by instilling fear about Pakistan. We want the country to progress by competing with China's model,' Patwari told ANI.

He said that the resolution passed by Congress to uphold the path shown by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was not about power but about saving democracy and the constitution.

'This is not about power. This is to save the democracy and the constitution of the country. We want to send this message from here that Congress is the party that gave India freedom. Congress is the party that protects the rights of the common people. We do not have to compete with Pakistan, we have to go ahead of China,' Patwari added.

Meanwhile, Gujarat Congress President Shaktisinh Gohil took a dig at the BJP, saying that those who changed the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium must not talk about him.

'The people who changed the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad to Narendra Modi Stadium should not talk about Sardar Patel. People have a lot of knowledge, they very well know what is inside and what is outside,' Gohil told ANI.

As Congress enters the second day of its convention today, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, along with Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, arrived at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial in Ahmedabad to attend the All India Congress Committee (AICC) session.

The convention aims to discuss many issues concerning the country, including the hike in petrol and diesel prices. Congress MP Praniti Shinde on Wednesday took a dig at the central government, saying that they could discuss issues that are 300 years old but fail to address unemployment, Manipur, and price rises.

Earlier, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing attack on the BJP and said that attention is being diverted from the country's basic issues by creating 'communal division.'

Kharge said, 'Today, attention is being diverted from the basic issues of the country by doing Communal Division. On the other hand, Oligarchic Monopoly is on the path of controlling the governance by capturing the resources of the country.'

The Congress President further said that a 'conspiracy' is being carried out in the nation regarding several national heroes, including that of bilateral ties between former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

The CWC passed a resolution stating that the party will walk on the path lit by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. A copy of the resolution was shared by the Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal in a social media post on X. (ANI)