Overview

• CPI general secretary D. Raja called for strengthening the party to become a decisive force and urged voters to remove the BJP from power.
• Speakers accused the BJP–RSS of undermining democratic norms and pledged to defend the Constitution and secularism.
• Thousands gathered in Mohali as cultural performances and torch processions from historic sites underscored the party’s centenary theme.
• More than 800 delegates are set to debate alliances with Left and secular democratic forces, worker and farmer demands, and relief for recent flood-hit states.
• The Congress is scheduled to conclude on 25 September with internal elections to key bodies, alongside a special resolution marking A. B. Bardhan’s birth centenary.