Congress to look at day-long ‘Satyagraha’ throughout nation in opposition to Rahul’s disqualification

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Congress will organise a day-long ‘Satyagraha’ on Sunday in solidarity with Rahul Gandhi in entrance of Gandhi statues in any respect states and district headquarters to protest in opposition to his disqualification from the Lok Sabha.

The satyagraha will start at 10 AM and finish at 5 PM.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and occasion common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will stage the satyagraha at Raj Ghat within the nationwide capital.

The occasion feels that Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and disqualification, which it has alleged was carried out in response to his persistently questioning the connection between PM Narendra Modi and businessman Gautam Adani, poses a critical risk to the world’s largest democracy.

The Congress has mentioned that Rahul Gandhi is just not alone and thousands and thousands of congressmen and other people regardless of their political affiliations will be part of him on this battle for reality and justice.

To this finish, all Pradesh Congress Committees have been requested to organise a one-day Satyagraha in entrance of Gandhi statues in all State and District Headquarters from 10 AM to five PM on Sunday.

The prime Congress management additionally went right into a huddle as soon as once more on the occasion headquarters right here with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and common secretaries Okay C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh, together with the 2 chief ministers Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel.

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‘Not Savarkar, will not apologise’

Meanwhile, talking for the primary time since his disqualification, Rahul Gandhi hit out on the BJP authorities by reiterating that “democracy is under attack” in India. He additionally dominated out the opportunity of an apology over his remarks on the Modi surname in 2019, which a Surat court docket discovered defamatory, saying “My name is not Savarkar. My name is Gandhi. I won’t apologise.”

Lambasting PM Narendra Modi, Rahul mentioned that he had been disqualified as a result of “the Prime Minister is scared about my next speech on Adani and that is why this whole game of disqualification, allegations by ministers aimed at distracting people from Adani issue.”

The Congress chief mentioned: “This is the whole drama that is been orchestrated to defend the Prime Minister from the simple question- Who’s Rs 20,000 crore went to Adani’s shell companies? I am not scared of these threats, disqualifications, or prison sentences.”

He additionally mentioned that the BJP was making an attempt to divert the difficulty by alleging that he had insulted OBCs and he would proceed to ask what’s Modi’s relationship with businessman Gautam Adani.

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NEW DELHI: The Congress will organise a day-long ‘Satyagraha’ on Sunday in solidarity with Rahul Gandhi in entrance of Gandhi statues in any respect states and district headquarters to protest in opposition to his disqualification from the Lok Sabha.

The satyagraha will start at 10 AM and finish at 5 PM.

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The occasion feels that Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and disqualification, which it has alleged was carried out in response to his persistently questioning the connection between PM Narendra Modi and businessman Gautam Adani, poses a critical risk to the world’s largest democracy.

The Congress has mentioned that Rahul Gandhi is just not alone and thousands and thousands of congressmen and other people regardless of their political affiliations will be part of him on this battle for reality and justice.

To this finish, all Pradesh Congress Committees have been requested to organise a one-day Satyagraha in entrance of Gandhi statues in all State and District Headquarters from 10 AM to five PM on Sunday.

The prime Congress management additionally went right into a huddle as soon as once more on the occasion headquarters right here with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and common secretaries Okay C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh, together with the 2 chief ministers Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel.

ALSO READ | United Opposition takes govt head on over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

‘Not Savarkar, will not apologise’

Meanwhile, talking for the primary time since his disqualification, Rahul Gandhi hit out on the BJP authorities by reiterating that “democracy is under attack” in India. He additionally dominated out the opportunity of an apology over his remarks on the Modi surname in 2019, which a Surat court docket discovered defamatory, saying “My name is not Savarkar. My name is Gandhi. I won’t apologise.”

Lambasting PM Narendra Modi, Rahul mentioned that he had been disqualified as a result of “the Prime Minister is scared about my next speech on Adani and that is why this whole game of disqualification, allegations by ministers aimed at distracting people from Adani issue.”

The Congress chief mentioned: “This is the whole drama that is been orchestrated to defend the Prime Minister from the simple question- Who’s Rs 20,000 crore went to Adani’s shell companies? I am not scared of these threats, disqualifications, or prison sentences.”

He additionally mentioned that the BJP was making an attempt to divert the difficulty by alleging that he had insulted OBCs and he would proceed to ask what’s Modi’s relationship with businessman Gautam Adani.

READ MORE:

Nearly fifty years later, Rahul follows in grandma Indira’s footsteps with disqualification

Rahul refused to ask for forgiveness to Surat court docket, says Gujarat Congress chief

Plea in SC in opposition to computerized disqualification of lawmakers upon conviction