New Delhi: Fine-tuned and communicated all through Rahul Gandhi's two-month Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which culminated over the weekend, the 'paanch nyay' points will form the crux of Congress' poll campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
During the yatra, 'Kisan Nyay', including legal guarantee for MSP, was unveiled in Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur, 'Hissedari Nyay' (share in governance) in Ranchi, 'Yuva Nyay', including a mandatory apprenticeship and some income to youth) in Banswara, 'Nari Nyay' in Maharashtra's Dhule and 'Shramik Nyay' for workers in Dharavi in Mumbai. It also released an 'Adivasi Sankalp' in Maharashtra's Nandurbar.
Congress is already upbeat about the Modi government responding to one of its guarantees that talks about giving youth the right to apprenticeship. After the Congress promised that they will make apprenticeship an enforceable right, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship last week sent notices to around 1.8 lakh companies asking them to hire the mandated number of apprentices.
"I am glad that the government has copied our manifesto idea to act after ten years about our huge jobs problem. As they say imitation is the best form of flattery," Praveen Chakravarty, head of Congress' Data Analytics department and Professional Congress, told DH.
While some of the allies were not enthusiastic about Congress turning its attention to a yatra in the run up to the elections, Congress leaders were of the view that sitting in Delhi and just attending internal meetings would alone not have helped anyone.