Friday; June 24, 2016: The Chief Minister of Gujarat-Anandiben Patel, has said that the Congress, the 130 year old party  has been pushed on the back foot in the political arena by the BJP.

At Mehsana district, when she was addressing the state BJP meeting said, “It symbolized corruption, pseudo-secularism and bad governance. It is no more the party of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel. Today, Congress has become the party of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi,”

"Our 36-year-old party has managed to put the over 100-year-old Congress on the backfoot," Patel said.

The Chief Minister has said,"The reason behind it (Congress on backfoot) is the strength of BJP workers. Strength is in being together. In the play of snakes and ladders, it is your inherent strengths and goodness that take you up the ladder of political life,".

The political resolution said,“`Congress Mukt Bharat', a slogan given by Prime MinisterModi, was an idea to get the polity of the country rid of "nepotism, corruption, pseudo-secularism and bad governance".

Patel further said that,"It is indirectly supporting cow slaughter by saying that to eat beef is a personal choice. In the name of freedom of speech, it supported JNU students who glorified terrorists involved in Parliament attack like Afzal Guru,"

According to the resolution said,"Gujarat Congress is talking about giving 20 per cent quota to Economically Backward Classes. But they have not implemented this in even one state they are ruling, while we have given 10 per cent quota to EBCs in Gujarat,".