India, Dec. 28 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday on the occasion of the 141st foundation say of the party called upon the party leaders for a united fight to save the democracy in the country, as he said the ruling BJP claiming that those whose ancestors played no role in the freedom movement are now engaged in snatching away people's rights.

Addressing the Foundation Day function of the Indian National Congress here for the first time at the new party headqiarters Indira Bhawan, Kharge said that those who think that the Congress is "finished" must know that "our spine is still straight" though the party may not be in power.

He pointed out that Congress has not compromised with the Constitution, secularism and rights of...