More than ten thousand Congress members from Uttarakhand would participate in the Mega rally being organised by Congress party at Ram lila ground in Delhi on April 29. The President of Congress party Rahul Gandhi would lead a massive rally on the day to lodge its strong protest against alleged violence on Schedule Caste (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST), minorities and women in the country.
A decision to send a strong contingent to the rally in Delhi was taken in a meeting of Garhwal division of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday. The members of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), MlAs, former MlAs, members of state unit of the Congress committee, District and Mahanagar presidents and district Panchayat presidents of Garhwal participated in the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by the Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh. later talking to the media persons Singh said that the state unit of the party strongly condemns the incidents of Kathua, Unnav , Surat and other parts of the country. He said that the incidents of rape, murder and other atrocities are increasing against the women in the country. “ the State Congress committee demands immediate cessation of violence against women and want strict action against the perpetrators of this violence.
We demand death sentence to the rapists of innocent girls,’’ he said.
The Congress leader said that State Government should provide compensation to the farmers of the state who have lost their crops to the unseasonal rains and hailstones.