State Congress committee is preparing itself for a big show for the April 19 Kisan rally in New Delhi but the leaders are not sure whether party vice- president Rahul Gandhi will attend that rally or not. “We also got information about the possible presence of Rahul in the April 19 rally through media, but we cannot confirm whether the MP from Uttar Pradesh would be there or not,” said AICC general secretary and in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Madhusudan Mistri in presence of state president, Nirmal Khatri.
Talking to media persons, Mistri said party president Rahul Gandhi will certainly be present in the rally but we cannot say anything about Rahul Gandhi. He said that around 50,000 party workers will attend the April 19 rally in New Delhi to protest against the land Acquisition amendment moved by the Narendra Modi Government. When asked if two lok Sabha members from UP would participate in the rally, Mistri said refuted to answer.
Meanwhile UP congress president Nirmal Khatri announced that to create awareness among the people, party will hold district level ‘sankalp diwas’ on April 8 over the farmers issues and from April 9 to 17, a one day march would be organised at all the 403 assembly segments in the state. ‘ During the Sankalp Diwas’ the congress activists would take oath to fight against the Narendra Modi government besides will raise the issue of land acquisition amendment, crop damage due to rains and suicides by the farmers, demand to increase the MSP of food grains and payment of the cane dues.
Earlier, the leaders held a meeting with the district and city presidents along with the state office bearers to chalk out the strategy for the April 19kisan rally. Meanwhile Congress leaders took strong exception on the reported sexiest and raciest statement of a Union minister on Congress president Sonia Gandhi. AICC General secretary and In-charge of UP Madhusudan Mistri here termed it a a mental disbalance of the ministers in the Narenda Modi government. ‘ Such statements were unfortunate and it should be condemned,’ he stated. Mistri said that this BJP government was trying to create an atmosphere of racism. Meanwhile, former UP Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi has demanded immediate dismissal of the Union Minister of state for micro, small and medium enterprises, Giriraj Singh for making a sexiest and raciest remark against Sonia Gandhi. She said that BJP president Amit Shah should apologize for the statement of the BJP MP and the Union minister.’ The act of the BJP Minister gives ample proof about the mental status of the party and its leaders,’ she alleged.