Buoyed by the success of the three-day Congress bus yatra from Delhi to Kanpur and the party chief's decision to take out a similar yatra in PM Narendra Modi's constituency in Varanasi on August 2, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi has now made slight change in his schedule for July 29.
Rahul was to have a one-to-one interaction with office bearers and booth-level workers of the party in lucknow, which has now been amended to a foot march from Ramabai Rally Sthal (the programme venue) to Raj Bhavan for submitting a report card on the non-Congress Governments' performance in UP during the last 27 years, to the Government.
The Congress honcho's move has unnerved the district administration as well as the Opposition parties. So far the administration has refused to allow the foot march citing security reasons, as it will be difficult to manage a huge crowd accompanying the Congress vice-president. Rahul is also a Special Protection Group (SPG) protectee.
Chairman of UP Congress Media Cell, Satyadeo Tripathi said the number of workers expected to participate at the venue will reach one lakh. Soon after the interaction with office bearers and workers on July 27, all Congressmen led by Rahul Gandhi will march to Raj Bhavan and to hand over the memorandum to Governor.