Congress Workers Celebrate 125th Anniversary

Congress workers across Gujarat today celebrated the 125th anniversary of the party's formation and expressed their commitment for all round development of the country.

At the main function held at PCC headquarters, Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, GPCC President Siddharth Patel unfurled the party flag and the Seva Dal workers saluted it. Mr Patel narrated various milestones the party had gone through since its formation in Bombay on December 28, 1885.

Leader of the opposition in the Assembly Shaktisinh Gohil was also present.

At the city's Income Tax Circle, Congress Seva Dal workers, led by its Chief Organizer Mangalsinh Solanki, garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi with cotton thread.

A report from Vadodara said former Union Minister Shankersinh Vaghela addressed a large gathering at Dandia Chowk to mark the occasion and charged the Narendra Modi-led BJP government with wasteful expenditure on publicity stunts while vast majority of people were facing numerous problems. The number of the state's BPL families which remained at 27 lakh in 2005 had gone up to 36 lakhs last year, he added.

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