Overview
- At a Congress Working Committee meeting called to plan a 5 January protest strategy on MGNREGA, Digvijay Singh pressed organisational weaknesses and said “sleeper cells” were active inside the party.
- Singh later clarified he opposes RSS ideology while acknowledging its organisational capacity, calling for a stronger, decentralised Congress structure.
- Leaders split in public: Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate rejected any idea of learning from the RSS, while T.S. Singh Deo and Shashi Tharoor stressed the need to strengthen Congress organisation.
- Escalating rhetoric complicated party messaging as MP Manickam Tagore compared the RSS to Al‑Qaeda, calling Singh’s earlier praise a “self‑goal.”
- AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal told Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar to show sensitivity over the Kogilu demolition and obtained assurances on outreach, grievance redress and relief.