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Congress to lead anti-CAA/NRC protest on PM's mega-rally day

  •   Sat, Dec 21 2019 08:16:08 PM

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS): A day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address a key rally in Delhi's historic Ramlila Maidan on Sunday ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls next year, the Congress too plans mega protests in the city with all the Gandhis and its top brass present -- this after it faced major slamming for not being seen prominently at the nationwide anti-CAA and anti-NRC rallies.

According to Congress leaders, all senior leaders including interim chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will be present. Party sources said that Rahul Gandhi will be at the protest venue right after his returning from South Korea on the day.

The protest in the city over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register for Citizens (NRC) will start at 2 p.m. and will be till 6 p.m.

The decision to hold protest in the city was taken after Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal, party general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jyotiraditya Scindia among others met at the party headquarters on Saturday evening.

Modi is set to address a massive rally at the Ramlila ground, his first in Delhi after the Lok Sabha elections.

On December 14, all top Congress leaders addressed a massive rally at the Ramlila Maidan, where Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the BJP, before leaving on his foreign tour.

Earlier in the day, Janata Dal-United Vice President and election strategist Prashant Kishor took a dig at the Congress leadership for not participating in the protest over CAA-NRC.

The Congress has been facing flak over its non participation in the protest ovr CAA and NRC. A day after the violent protest at the Jamia Millia Islamia, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had left for South Korea on an official tour.

In his absence his sister Priyanka Gandhi took the centrestage and protested against the government as she joined the symbolic protest over the police brutality against students at India Gate on Tuesday.

She again joined the protest of students at India Gate on Friday evening, soon after the protest over the CAA and the NRC turned violent near the Delhi Gate area in Daryaganj that saw 15 people sent to judicial custody besides Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar 'Azad'.

Protestors had torched a car parked just outside the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).
  

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 21 2019

    Modi has been on election mode for all these six years only leaving the country on the road to economic disaster. Instead of withdrawing the CAA that has seen large scale protests and voilence as the PM of our country he is indulging in petty politics as his speech tomorrow will indicate.

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  • Jacob, Manglore

    Sun, Dec 22 2019

    Those protesting on CAA are not saying, it violates which article of the constitution?
    Even Supreme court said, its not against any article. How is giving citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Sikh, Christians, Buddhist, Jain's and Parsi is against secularism?

    And During first term of Modi, india was fastest growing economy in the world. The current slowdown is because of global slowdown. It will take another 6-8 months to recover.

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  • John Tauro, M'lore

    Sun, Dec 22 2019

    Mr. Jacob,
    These people are merely interested in creating chaos only because of their enmity with Modi and BJP. Secularism denotes welfare and benefit of all irrespective of caste and creed. How does mentioning names of a few communities in the law make it communal or non-secular? There are strong reasons to mention these communities since they bear the brunt of persecution in our neighbouring countries. Even the first PM Nehru had used the term “Non-Muslim” when speaking about minorities in Pakistan and even Mahatma Gandhi had named Hindus and Sikhs while expressing his concern for minorities in Pakistan. I’m sure there would have been no opposition if this law was introduced by Congress.

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