India, April 8 -- In an effort to reconnect the Congress with the BJP bastion Gujarat, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday hailed the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) narrative that there was of friction between Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru, and declared that the party was back in Gujarat "to take inspiration and strength".

In his inaugural speech at the Congress Working Committee meeting in Ahmedabad's 'Sardar Patel Museum on Tuesday morning, Kharge sought to reach out to the people of Gujarat who last voted the Congress to power in the 1990 elections. The CWC meeting sets the stage for the All India Congress Committee (AICC) session on Wednesday, being held in the ...