The two-day session on the banks of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad will be held under the leadership of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Defending the legislative process and the extensive deliberations that preceded the Waqf Amendment Bill's passage in Parliament, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju Friday said the government created a 'record' of the discussion.
After the Lok Sabha had passed the Waqf Amendment Bill, Gandhi said the Bill was "bulldozed" through in the Lower House.
Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday asserted that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is a brazen assault on the Constitution and is a part of the BJP’s deliberate strategy to keep society in a state of permanent polarisation.
Ms Gandhi said the three-point agenda of the Narendra Modi government is leading to damaging consequences in the domain of education.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 31st death anniversary.
"We will overcome. That is our determination. That is our NavSankalp. The Congress will have a new Uday. That is our NavSankalp," she asserted.
The Congress interim President said the country was looking at the party and the Congressmen should give one message of unity from here outside
The Congress has started preparing for the state elections in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls but before that, it is taking feedback of the important leaders of the states concerned.
Some leaders have also said that Kishor's relations with a few regional parties could benefit Congress if he formally joins the party.
