Congress rally against Union Government on price rise starts by paying respects to Pahalgam victims from Karnataka
The Hindu
Congress rally against Union Government on price rise starts by paying respects to Pahalgam victims from Karnataka
Senior Congress leaders inaugurated a rally to protest against the NDA-led Union Government, in Belagavi on April 28, by paying respects to the tourists from Karnataka who lost their lives in the Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir.
All leaders and delegates observed a minute’s silence before the rally began. They mocked the price rise by garlanding domestic LPG cylinders. A few women beneficiaries of the guarantee schemes shared their experience and thanked the government of Karnataka.
Most leaders said that the prices of all essential commodities had increased in an unprecedented manner due to the ‘wrong economic policies’ of the NDA government at the Centre.
Asif (Raju) Sait, MLA and district unit president, welcomed the leaders. He said that the Congress had strongly opposed the terror attack in Kashmir. “The Congress will support the Union Government in all the tough measures it plans and takes against terrorists,” he said.
He said that the Bharat Jodo padayatra by Rahul Gandhi was a historic event to spread the message of love. “The ideology of the Congress is the ideology of the Constitution. All of us should accept and follow it. That is the only solution to our problems,” he said.
Laxmanrao Chingale, Chikkodi district unit president, accused the BJP of trying to make the life of the poor worse so that they do not have any time to reflect on the governance of the Union Government.
Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar said that the government of Karnataka is spending around ₹80,000 crore per year on various guarantees and direct benefit transfer schemes, which was unprecedented. “We are the only government who have fulfilled our promises in less than 100 days. The State BJP has organised the Jana Akrosha rally only to distract people from the failures of the Union Government and the infighting in the State BJP,” she said.
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