Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that no sacrifice was too great to defeat the RSS and BJP ideology of “fascism, hatred, anger and divisiveness”.

Speaking at the crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Sardar Patel National Memorial here, he underlined the Congress party’s resolve to fight the forces of hatred.

“On the anniversary of (Mahatma) Gandhiji’s historic Dandi March, the Congress Working Committee in Ahmedabad resolved to defeat the RSS/ BJP ideology of fascism, hatred, anger & divisiveness. No sacrifice is too great in this endeavour; no effort too little; this battle will be won,” Rahul tweeted on the occasion.

Led by the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul, the party’s top leadership started discussions on key poll issues at the CWC meeting.

The party started the day by paying rich tributes to the Mahatma at the Sabarmati Ashram here.

The day also marks the anniversary of the historic Dandi March, started by the Mahatma from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930.

It is also the first official meeting of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was appointed as Congress general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh recently.

Sources said the CWC was likely to authorise the party president to finalise alliances in key states with other like-minded parties in order to defeat the BJP “unitedly”.

They said the party was also likely to discuss the issue of national security and pass a resolution condemning terrorism of any kind.

The day-long meeting of the CWC — the highest decision-making body of the party — assumes significance as it comes barely two days after the declaration of the poll schedule.

The meeting is being held in Gujarat after a gap of 58 years. It was last held in the state at Bhavnagar in 1961.

The top Congress leadership led by Rahul, Sonia, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and other senior leaders will also discuss ways to corner Modi and his government on issues of governance, agrarian and economic crisis, unemployment and lack of job creation, national security and women’s safety.