Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 9 (ANI): Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa stated that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel fought for the country's freedom as the Congress passed a resolution on the latter at a CWC meeting in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

Speaking to ANI, Randhawa said, 'Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel fought for the country's freedom, he sacrificed a lot for the country.'

He was asked about a special resolution regarding Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel passed during the CWC meeting in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Tuesday.

Earlier on Tuesday, the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) in Ahmedabad passed a resolution stating that the party will walk on the path lit by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

A copy of the resolution was shared by the Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal in a social media post on X.

'That the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and proponent of social justice, our leader Rahul Gandhi as also millions of Congress workers are even more determined today to walk on the 'Nyaypath' in our struggle for protection of the Constitution as also our democracy. The path shown by Sardar Patel is this very path,' read the resolution.

'We stand committed to walk on the path lit by Sardar Patel, imbibe his thoughts and reshape our present and future with his vision and thoughts, This would be the fittest tribute to the life work of iron man, Sardar Patel,' the Congress party's resolution added.

The meeting was attended by other top leaders of the Congress, including the Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and Sonia Gandhi, the Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi, and KC Venugopal.

As the CWC meeting convened in Ahmedabad, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing attack on the BJP and said that attention is being diverted from the country's basic issues by creating 'communal division.'

At the opening ceremony of the AICC convention, Kharge said, 'Today, attention is being diverted from the basic issues of the country by doing Communal Division. On the other hand, Oligarchic Monopoly is on the path of controlling the governance by capturing the resources of the country.'

The Congress President further said that a 'conspiracy' is being carried out in the nation regarding several national heroes, including that of bilateral ties between former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

Kharge said, 'Friends, for the last many years, a well-planned conspiracy has been carried out regarding many national heroes'

'An atmosphere is being created against the Congress party, which has a glorious history of serving and fighting for the country for 140 years. This work is being done by those people who have nothing to show as their achievements. They have nothing to show as their contribution in the freedom struggle,' he added. (ANI)