GUWAHATI: The Congress party launched a 'Join Congrees Social Media' campaign across the country on February 9 in order to recruit office bearers and other 'warriors' with an aim to reach out to the masses.
In Assam, the campaign was launch at Rajiv Bhawan alongside the party's manifesto building campaign called 'Assam Bachao' ahead of the state elections.
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Present on the occasion were Gaurav Gogoi as the president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) manifesto building committee, APCC President Ripun Bora, and Media Chairperson Bobeeta Sharma amongst others.
The campaign was launched via a video message from Rahul Gandhi. In the video, Gandhi said, "As a young person you know what is going on. Nothing is hidden from you, in your schools, colleges and universities, you can see the oppression, and you can see the attack on the idea of India."
"Look outside Delhi, you can see what is happening to the farmers. The backbone of this war on the nation is a troll army. Thousands of people who spread hatred and anger and are paid to do so. We also need warriors to defend liberal values, to defend the ideas of compassion, peace, harmony and affection," he added.
"Come, join this army. This is not an army of hatred, this is not an army of violence, this is an army of truth and this is an army that will defend the idea of India. We are building this platform for you to give you the tools to fight this battle and win it," Gandhi said.
Speaking on the occasion, the Congress head of social media for the northeast region, Pranab Vaccharajanaj said, "This will be a month long campaign. We aim to connect with 5 lakh warriors across India and 50,000 more office bearers who will be given proper training."