Overview
- At the CWC meeting, Digvijay Singh flagged organisational weakness and said “quite a few sleeper cells” were active in the party, triggering a tense exchange.
- His earlier post praising the RSS-BJP’s cadre-to-leadership pipeline drew sharp pushback from Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate, while T.S. Singh Deo and Shashi Tharoor framed it as a call to strengthen structures.
- Singh later clarified he opposes RSS-BJP ideology and meant only to highlight organisational capacity, even as Congress MP Manickam Tagore slammed the original remark and likened the RSS to al-Qaeda.
- Separately, AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal urged Karnataka leaders to show sensitivity after a demolition drive near Bengaluru’s Kogilu, with assurances of outreach, grievance redressal and rehabilitation for affected families.
- Marking the party’s 140th foundation day, Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP of weakening institutions and warned that natural resources and public rights are under strain.