After taking street against the Narendra Modi’s government to take on the prime minister over his alleged anti-farmers policy, the Congress would now launch a massive political effort to highlight the failures of the Central government on completion of their one year in office later this month. The Party had engaged senior national leaders to address media in Varanasi, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and in lucknow, the constituency of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The press conferences would start from Wednesday and would end on May 25, when the NDA government complete its one year of rule.
UP Congress spokesperson Sidharth Priya Srivastava said here on Tuesday that on Wednesday, while AICC general secretary and in-charge of Madhya Pradesh would address the media in lucknow, leader of the opposition in Gujarat assembly and Congress spokesperson, Shakti Singh Gohil will do the same in Varanasi. He said similarly on May 22, Sachin Pilot would address the media in lucknow to expose the truth behind self proclaimed slogan of ‘Achche Din’ highlighted by Narendra Modi during his campaign in last Parliament elections, Mukul Vasnik on would do the same on May 23, followed by Abhishek Manu Singhvi on May 24 and VK Hariprasad on May 25.
Similarly in Varanasi, former Union minister Pradeep Aditya Jain will address the media on May 23 and Jairam Ramesh on May 25. On the other hand BJP will also hold 500 press conferences around the country to highlight their achievements of one year of their term starting from May 25 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally at Mathura.