Congress president Rahul Gandhi will visit Piplya Mandi village near Mandsaur on June 6, the first death anniversary of six farmers who were killed in police firing during a protest there last year.
During his visit, Gandhi is will hold a condolence meeting-cum-rally. The party, however, alleged that the district administration has given permission to the event by imposing 19 different conditions, one of which asks Gandhi not to make a provocative speech.
The opposition party alleged that the BJP-led government in Madhya Pradesh wanted to disturb Gandhi's event through such conditions. When asked, the district administration, however, said it was in the process of amending its previous order (in which the conditions were set).
The event is being seen as the launch of Congress's poll campaign in the state, which will witness the Assembly polls later this year.
"Rahulji is coming here to condole the deaths of six farmers at Pipliya Mandi, the epicentre of last year's farmers unrest," MP Congress chief spokesperson Manak Agrawal said. One lakh people are expected to take part in the meeting, he added.
Sharing a copy of the district administration's permission letter, Congress spokesperson Pankaj Chaturvedi said, "The district administration has given its nod to the event with certain conditions like the maximum size of the tent spread for the rally can't be more than 15X15 feet, no loudspeakers above 10 decibel limit."
The letter also reads that the organisers shall be held responsible if the vehicles of anyone participating in the rally are stolen, he said, adding that besides, the Congress was also asked to arrange for the security of the event. One of the conditions also says that the Congress chief should not make any provocative speech, Chaturvedi added.