New Delhi: The Congress held a meeting of its leaders from Delhi and Haryana on Wednesday and resolved to ensure a “grand success” of a March 31 rally of the INDIA bloc against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the ED.
Congress general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal addressed the preparatory meeting of the party’s Delhi and Haryana leaders. The meeting was attended by Congress general secretary in-charge of Haryana and Delhi Deepak Babaria, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Arvinder Singh Lovely and the party’s Haryana unit chief, Udai Bhan.
Sources said the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) will also send its representatives to the March 31 rally.
The INDIA opposition bloc will hold a “maha rally” at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on March 31 to safeguard the country’s interests and democracy, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai said on Sunday.
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The announcement came after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Kejriwal from his official residence on March 21 in connection with an excise policy-linked money-laundering case.
Addressing a press conference, the AAP and Congress — both constituents of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) — had jointly announced the rally.
PTI