Congress To Corner BJP In Its ‘Bharat Bachao’ Rally In Delhi Today, Preparations In Full Swing At Ramlila Maidan

Several Congress leaders led by party chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh will participate in the rally at Ramlila grounds today to highlight the "divisive and disruptive" policies of the BJP government.

The Congress party will hold a rally 'Bharat Bachao' in the Delhi on Saturday and highlight the "failures" of the Modi government and its alleged attempt to divide the country and its people. (ANI)

New Delhi: The Congress party will hold a rally 'Bharat Bachao' in the Delhi on Saturday and highlight the "failures" of the Modi government and its alleged attempt to divide the country and its people. Several Congress leaders led by party chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh will participate in the rally at Ramlila grounds today to highlight the "divisive and disruptive" policies of the BJP government. In his tweet, Rahul Gandhi informed about his presence today at the rally.

आज दिल्ली के ऐतिहासिक रामलीला मैदान में कांग्रेस पार्टी की ओर से आयोजित भाजपा सरकार की तानाशाही, I.C.U में पहुँचा दी गई अर्थव्यवस्था और लोकतंत्र की हत्या के विरोध मे जनसभा को संबोधित करूँगा। Live: https://t.co/yxwa8xCWqt#BharatBachaoRally pic.twitter.com/DrOBr4ckYu

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 14, 2019

Preparations are, meanwhile, in full swing at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital. Huge cut-outs of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, former party president Rahul Gandhi, general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have been put at the venue. Party workers from across the country will be participating in this rally, which is being organised to highlight several issues including "sluggish economy, rising unemployment, and farmers' problems." Watch | Congress to hold Bharat Bachao rally at 12 noon today The party's emphasis is on mobilising a large number of people to join the rally, as well as a strategy is being planned to send a strong message against the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre. The entire focus of the rally will be to attack the BJP-led government on its economic policies. According to the sources, a large number of workers will join the rally and raise slogans of 'Modi Hai Toh Mandi Hai'. The Congress party will be using this slogan to counter BJP's slogan--'Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai'. Moreover, party leader Rahul Gandhi will be the focus of the rally which is a planned move against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. At the same time, according to reliable sources, 'Team Rahul' in the party is also preparing to use the rally to build momentum to the "Bring Back Rahul Campaign". Gandhi had resigned as party president after his party's disastrous defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. There is a possibility of raising a demand to make Rahul Gandhi the party president again. A party source told ANI that as the entire party leadership will attend the rally therefore it will be an appropriate time to reach out to them. Workers will be seen with posters and banners focusing on Rahul Gandhi. A party leader said that he has ordered a large number of Rahul's face masks for people to don at the rally. Frontal organisations like Youth Congress and NSUI will show full support to Rahul during the rally through posters, banners and flags to create an impression that the party needs the leadership of Rahul. Although after stepping down as the party's chief, Rahul Gandhi has been maintaining a low profile in the party affairs and focusing on his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad. However, recently many senior leaders of the Congress have made statements in favour of bringing him back at the top. The rally holds significance for national and Congress' internal politics since it will be the party's first grand rally against the government policies after Sonia Gandhi took over as interim president. Moreover, the rally will be a show of strength for team Rahul too within the Congress party. The rally of the Congress party was earlier scheduled to be held on November 30 but was later postponed to December 14 in view of the Winter Session of the Parliament, which concluded on Friday. (with inputs from ANI)