The Congress' plans to hold a protest led by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Raj Ghat on Sunday hit a hurdle with the party claiming police denied permission citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in the capital.
The Congress plan was to organise the protest at Raj Ghat from 2 pm to 8 pm on Sunday but as police denied permission, the party decided to postpone it to Monday.
Congress sources said the police cited the Prime Minister's rally in Ramlila Maidan, some 5 km away from Raj Ghat, as they would be over-stretched to provide security.
Modi will be addressing the rally organised by Delhi BJP to thank him for regularising unauthorised colonies in the capital at 11:30 am. The Prime Minister is expected to speak about CAA at the rally, his first in Delhi after nation-wide protests erupted on the CAA.
(Published 21 December 2019, 16:22 IST)
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