Congress to hold ‘Mehangai Chaupals’, mega rally in Delhi against price rise

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
11:
The
Congress
on
Thursday
said
it
will
continue
its
fight
against
price
rise
by
organising
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
on
August
28.

In
a
statement
on
Thursday,
the
party
said
the
Congress
party
will
take
this
fight
forward
with
a
series
of
protests
against
the
price
rise
and
unemployment
in
the
coming
weeks.
Congress
general
secretary
communications
Jairam
Ramesh
said
in
a
statement
that
the
“Mehangai
Chaupal”
interactive
meetings
would
be
organised
in
mandis,
retail
markets
and
other
locations
in
all
assembly
constituencies.

“The
party
will
organise
several
Mehangai
Chaupal
interactive
meetings
at
Mandis,
retail
markets
and
other
locations
in
all
the
Assembly
constituencies
from
17th
to
23rd
August
2022.
This
will
culminate
in
a
Mehangai
Par
Halla
Bol
rally
on
28
August
2022
at
the
Ramlila
Maidan
in
New
Delhi
that
will
be
addressed
by
senior
Congress
leaders.
Pradesh
Congress
Committees
will
simultaneously
hold
Mehangai
Par
Halla
Bol
–
Chalo
Dilli
events
at
the
state,
district,
and
block
levels,”
said
Jairam
Ramesh
in
a
statement.

On
black
dress
protest
PM
Modi
tears
into
Congress
with
black
magic
jibe

Jairam
Rameesh
said
the
Indian
National
Congress’ nationwide
agitation
on
August
5
against
the
Modi
government’s
“anti-people”
policies
strongly
resonated
with
the
people.

“Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
desperate
attempt
to
tar
legitimate
protest
as
‘black
magic’
only
highlights
the
BJP
government’s
insecurity
about
its
failure
to
control
rampaging
inflation
and
unemployment,” Congress
leader
said
in
the
statement.

The
Congress
party
will
take
this
fight
forward
with
a
series
of
protests
against
the
price
rise
and
unemployment
in
the
coming
weeks,
he
announced.

“The
Indian
National
Congress
will
continue
to
spread
awareness
about
these
anti-people
policies
among
the
people
and
increase
pressure
on
the
BJP
government
to
change
course,”
he
said.