The Congress has determined to take to the streets to protest Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and can meet President Droupadi Murmu together with different events.
IMAGE: Police cease Congress occasion employees throughout a protest in opposition to the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a legal defamation case, in Lucknow on March 23, 2023. Photograph: PTI Photo
The primary opposition occasion introduced a mass agitation on Thursday instantly after Rahul Gandhi was convicted by a Surat court docket in a defamation case and stated it won’t simply struggle the case legally but additionally politically.
Following the court docket verdict, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge convened a gathering of senior occasion leaders and MPs at his residence the place it was determined {that a} protest can be staged at Vijay Chowk on Friday.
Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated the occasion will maintain a gathering with different opposition leaders within the morning and would stage a protest march from the Parliament House to Vijay Chowk.
The opposition events have additionally sought time from President Droupadi Murmu on Friday afternoon to elevate the matter along with her.
Ramesh stated the assembly at Kharge’s residence lasted round two hours and it was determined that the occasion president would maintain a gathering with all state unit chiefs and Congress Legislature Party leaders and plan agitations in states.
“We will maintain protests throughout Delhi and in different states on Monday on this concern,” Ramesh stated.
It is simply not a authorized concern, but additionally a severe political matter linked with the way forward for democracy within the nation, he stated.
“This is one other main instance of the Modi authorities’s politics of vendetta, risk and intimidation. We will struggle it legally in addition to politically. We won’t bow down or be intimidated by such politics and can flip this into a serious political concern,” Ramesh stated.
