Congress leader and SC/ST rights activist Udit Raj said on Friday that a rally will be organised to raise the issues of privatisation, unemployment, EVM tampering and the "threat to Constitution and democracy", which the BJP government has "failed" to address.
"We organised a rally to spread the ideals and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. It was Gandhi Vichar Sandesh Padyatra, not a protest against anyone. But police thrashed the activists with lathis and tortured them," Youth Congress national secretary Dr Smruti Ranjan Lenka told reporters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address four poll rallies in Haryana. Of this, he will be addressing two on October 14 in Ballabgarh and Faridabad, and two others in Thanesar and Hisar.
Police registers FIR against VHP workers who wielded air rifles, swords in rally
The BJP's Himachal Pradesh unit may soon take action against its Mandi MLA for not attending a rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi held in the assembly segment earlier this month, a party leader said.
Addressing a rally ahead of the fourth and last phase of Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh,Gandhi also said Modi should stop talking about "clouds and mangoes" and tell people about issues which matter.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held five rallies. Three took place in Uttar Pradesh (Azamgarh, Jaunpur and Prayagraj). In West Bengal, PM Modi held two rallies in Bankura and Parulia.
The BJP launched a new campaign slogan targeting the national capital, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being at the centre of it. In Delhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also address two rallies on Wednesday-one each in North-East Delhi seat and South Delhi seat.
Akhilesh Yadav, who was also present at the dais, termed the development as “historic”.
Lok Sabha Election 2019: BSP Chief Mayawati's nephew Akash Anand addresses a rally in Agra
Addressing the gathering in Jarar Mandi in Bah tehsil, around 70 km from Agra city, Priyanka Gandhi said: "The public resources are being spent on massive publicity campaigns. From food packets to radio and TV, there was publicity for the BJP everywhere.
“When Modi comes back again then their corruption will be completely finished, their dynastic politics will be finished, their loot in name of poor will stop,their politics of case and religion will stop,'tukde tuke gang bhi tukde tukde ho kar bikhar jaeyga,” PM Modi said.
Modi's Kolkata rally will be the first covered rally in the history of Brigade Parade Ground, that has hosted several rallies over the decades. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's mega anti-BJP rally on January 19, that brought leaders of 23 opposition parties on one stage, was also held.
The prime minister is scheduled to address the rally at the district's Rudrapur city at 11 am, Pradesh BJP working president Naresh Bansal told reporters in Dehradun.
A meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and a public rally, with party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi among the key speakers, will be held here on March 12.
The rally is aimed at energising party workers and supporters ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government was committed to facilitate the return of Kashmiri Pandits to their homes in the valley with full honour and safely.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said his party would waive farm loans and give a big push to the food processing industry if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections.
PM Modi was addressing the well-attended rally of the Matua community when hundreds of supporters who were standing outside the venue tried to barge into the inner ring of the rally ground, leading to commotion.
A month ahead of the proposed NDA rally, the Congress is scheduled to organise a mega rally in the same location, in which party president Rahul Gandhi will address the gathering.
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