Rahul Gandhi’s scheduled event, 'Satyameva Jayate' at Kolar in poll bound Karnataka on April 5 has been postponed to April 9, reported news agency PTI, citing a senior Congress functionary. The event will now coincide with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s golden jubilee celebration of "Project Tiger" in Mysuru.
"Rahul Gandhi lost his Lok Sabha membership after the court sentenced him to two years jail for his speech. Hence, the party has decided to launch its fight to save the Constitution from Kolar," the party's state working president Saleem Ahmed told reporters in Kolar.
The congress sources say that the move by Rahul Gandhi to postpone the date of 'Satyameva Jayate' event in Kolar was aimed at making it coincide with PM Modi's golden jubilee celebration of "Project Tiger" in Mysuru.
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"The phrase Satyameva Jayate is the slogan below the national emblem of four lions. So, we will see the power of truth similar to the strength of four lions coming together against Project Tiger," a senior Congress functionary, requesting anonymity, quipped.
Incidentally, Rahul Gandhi had made the Modi surname remark, for which he has been disqualified as Lok Sabha MP by a Surat court in Kolar during the 2019 election campaign. Before being disqualified Rahul was representing Wayanad from Kerala in the Lok Sabha.
Assembly election in Karnataka will be held in a single phase on May 10, while counting of votes will take place three days later.
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In the 2018 assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata Party had emerged as the single-largest party, winning 104 seats in the 224-member assembly. The Congress had won 80 seats and Janata Dal (Secular) emerged victorious in 37 constituencies.