Former Defence Minister and former Member of Parliament and senior Congress leader from Kerala, A K Antony held a press conference cum meeting at his Delhi residence near IYC headquarters, before vacating it as the Senior Congress leader is moving back to his hometown in Kerala
A gamut of Malayalam media persons were present at his residence. Antony thanked everyone and gave his regards to all the journalists present at the presser.
While addressing the media Antony stated, “today’s scenario is very very painful in many respects. One of the salient features of this country was that India is the only county where people of all castes, religions, creeds and different languages live together harmoniously which is now under threat.”
He added, “main strength of India is ‘unity in diversity’ and instead of maintaining that there is an attack to impose uniformity everywhere that is dangerous to India’s unity. Imposing uniformity in any field is dangerous. Maintaining unity in diversity is the safeguard of unity.”
Antony also shared his views on the current scenario of the grand old party and stated, “at the moment because of this polarization politics and so many other issues Congress is now weakened. But in 2024 if you are sincere in guarding the centre and want to see the change the only way is to accept the leading role of the Congress.”
The senior leader also mentioned that by avoiding Congress you cannot see the change in 2024 and added, “Congress is the only national party or BJP but all other are regional parties. Congress is a party which has certain values and those values are constitutional.”
Being a loyalist of the Gandhi family, Antony also stressed on the leadership of the Congress party and stated, “the Nehru-Gandhi family is the powerhouse of the Congress and the ideals of the Congress, an experienced man like me know that, many people don’t know their qualities.”
