Congress on Thursday said it has postponed its mega rally at the Ramlila Maidan against price rise and unemployment to September 4 in view of the Covid situation in the national capital.
Congress general secretary of communications Jairam Ramesh said the rally has been postponed in view of rising cases of COVID-19 in Delhi. The rally was earlier scheduled for August 28. The party also announced to launch a "Bharat Jodo Yatra" from September 7 from Kanyakumari where former party chief Rahul Gandhi will participate and the 3500 kilomtere yatra, aimed at uniting the country, will culminate in February in Jammu and Kashmir. "Due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, the Congress party's Mehangai Par Halla Bol Rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, is being rescheduled from August 28 to September 4th.
The rally will send a powerful message to the insensitive Modi sarkar," Ramesh said at a media briefing after the decision was taken in a meeting of senior party leaders and all the State Unit Chiefs besides the Chiefs Ministers of Congress ruled states. While continue its fight against price rise, the Congress has also decided to organise a series of "Mehangai Chaupal" meetings in all assembly constituencies from August 17 to 23 that will culminate in a mega rally in Delhi's Ramlila maidan. Congress will continue to spread awareness about the anti-people policies of the BJP government and increase pressure on it to change course, the party has said.
Ramesh said the Bharat Jodo Yatra will not to make speeches and address rallies but to listen to the concern of the masses by engaging them with talk shows related to issues like price rise, unemployment and restlessness within the various sections and religions of the country.