Halla Bol rally: Congress calls Centre 'insensitive' over inflation

Congress General Secretary Communications Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said todays Halla Bol rally has nothing to do with upcoming Assembly elections in some States or the 2024 Lok Sabha elections adding that it is a befitting message to the insensitive central government as people are troubled by inflation and unemploymentCongress is holding a mega rally Mehangai Par Halla Bol on Sunday against inflation in the country unemployment and Goods and Services Tax hike at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital Party leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address the rallyTodays Halla Bol rally has nothing to do with state elections or the 2024 election It is a befitting message to the insensitive central government as people of the country remain troubled by inflation and unemployment said RameshCongress president Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will not participate in the rallyPeople should have got relief after the pandemic but Modimade inflation has brought disaster That is why today the Congress party is going to hold a rally on inflation at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi Come together raise your voice against inflation Member of the Parliament and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said urging people to gather in this rallyHe further said that the national leaders of all Congress from different States will be seen together on the stage at Ramlila Maidan today and Congress will speak strongly against the government regarding inflation and unemploymentAlso read Tea seller working at Congress office seeks ticket to contest electionsCongress leader KC Venugopal while speaking at a press conference on Saturday said the rally will be held in Delhis Ramlila Maidan and will be kicked off after an address by party leader Rahul GandhiVenugopal further said that the Central government is not bothered about people inflation and unemployment He also accused the government of buying MLAs stating that the agenda of the government at the Centre is to buy MLAsThose who raised the slogan Bahut hui mehangai ki maar ab ki baar Modi sarkar inflation is constantly making new records in their government The life of the common man has become difficult due to inflation which cannot be tolerated under any circumstances the party said ahead of the Halla Bol rallyCongress has been attacking the government over price rise and unemployment and saying that these are issues of the common people and should be discussed at all forumsRecently Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took Twitter and lashed out at the central government over unemploymentIn the year 2021 11724 people committed suicide in the country due to unemployment This number is 26 per cent more than the year 2020 The recordbreaking unemployment in the BJP government is frustrating the youth But the government has neither a cure nor an answer for this terrible unemployment For how long will the government distribute jumlas she tweetedMeanwhile Congress also plans to embark on Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari on September 7 under the leadership of party leader Rahul Gandhi and the 148day march will culminate in KashmirThe fivemonth yatra is scheduled to cover a distance of 3500 kilometres and more than 12 states The padayatra march will cover a distance of 25 km every dayThe Yatra will include padayatras rallies and public meetings which will be attended by the senior Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi VadraThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever