New Delhi, DHNS: Even as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders are stating that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc's Loktantra Bachao Rally is being organised to protest the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Congress on Saturday said the event is not aimed at protecting a particular person.
"This rally is for saving the Constitution and democracy. It is not a person-specific rally. That is why it is called Loktantra Bachao Rally. This is not one party's rally, about 27-28 parties are involved in it. All constituents of the I.N.D.I.A. Jan bandhan will be taking part in the rally," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a press conference.
He said the issues of rising prices, the highest unemployment rate in 45 years, economic disparities, social polarisation and injustice against farmers will be raised during the rally.
‘Clean chit to leaders joining BJP'
Displaying a washing machine on its press conference dais, the Congress on Saturday taunted the BJP over the CBI filing a closure report in a 2017 corruption case against NCP leader Praful Patel and said the ruling party’s “fully automatic washing machine” works on the principle — “join BJP, case closed”.
Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera's press conference at the AICC headquarters, was all about symbolism, with a "BJP washing machine' kept on the table and a demonstration of a "dirty T-shirt" with "corruption, fraud, scam" written on it going into the machine and a clean T-shirt with "BJP Modi wash" written on it coming out of it.
Khera alleged that the "BJP machine costs over Rs 8,500 crore" - the money the ruling party got through electoral bonds - and it is effective in cleaning all types of stains of corruption when used with "Modi washing powder".
A leaflet on the "Modi washing powder" was also distributed at the press conference with the prime minister's picture and a tagline "saare daag chutkiyon mein dhule (All stains will be washed away in a jiffy).
Published 30 March 2024, 16:23 IST
