Congress postpones ‘Mehangai Par Halla Bol’ rally amid Covid-19 spike

India

pti-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
18:
The
Congress
on
Thursday
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.

“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
on
Twitter.

While
continue
its
fight
against
price
rise,
the
Congress
party
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.

The
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.
The
party
has
also
planned
the
launch
of
the
“Bharat
Jodo
Yatra”
from
September
7
from
Kanyakumari.

The
yatra,
aimed
at
uniting
the
country,
will
culminate
in
February
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir.