Gandhi along with party treasurer Pawan Bansal and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal held the party tricolour in their hand and displayed it briefly before a Congress worker climbed up the flagpole to string the party tricolour
The Congress tricolour falls off the flagpole as party president Sonia Gandhi tries to unfurl it to mark the party’s 137th foundation day at AICC headquarters on Tuesday in New Delhi. ANI
The Congress tricolour fell off the flagpole on Tuesday morning as party president Sonia Gandhi tried to unfurl it to mark the party’s 137th foundation day at AICC headquarters in New Delhi.
Keeping her presence of mind, Gandhi along with party treasurer Pawan Bansal and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal held the party tricolour in their hand and displayed it briefly. A Congress worker later climbed up the flagpole to string the party tricolour.
Senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Mallikarjun Kharge were among those present at the party headquarters.
The Indian National Congress was formed on 28 December, 1885, by British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume. In its earliest form, the party was not established to demand independence from British rule but to bring together a group of educated individuals to influence policymaking. Seventy-two social reformers, journalists and lawyers congregated for the first session of the Indian National Union at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay on 28 December 1885; the conference was renamed as the Indian National Congress.
On Tuesday, the Congress President addressed party workers and leaders:
With input from PTI
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