“Gandhi will sound the poll bugle for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Jaipur and will send out a message for the country that the promise made by him to the state and farmers has been fulfilled,” Pande told reporters at Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium, the venue of Wednesday’s public meeting.
According to police, the Congress president will address the rally at 12.30pm. “He will fly from Delhi around 11.10am and will return around 2.30pm,” said an officer who is part of the security management for the visit.
Congress state unit president Sachin Pilot said the Kisan rally is being held in Jaipur as the promise made by Gandhi was fulfilled by the government in two days.
“PM Narendra Modi government has been cheating the public for the past four-and-half years by failing to fulfill promises,” Pilot said.
Pilot said thousands of people are expected to attend the rally to express their gratitude to the Congress party for farm loan waiver. “The central government will be questioned on its promises when the Congress waived farm loans immediately after forming governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh... farmers were committing suicide but no steps were taken to give relief,” he said.
“Five years of hardship is over. I am confident the way Congress won the by-elections in two Lok Sabha seats; 23 more will be won, for which the campaign will begin on Wednesday. It should not be forgotten that Gandhi launched the poll campaign on August 11 and on January 9 also, the announcements made from here will echo across the country,” said Pilot.