Bengaluru: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s occasion, which was alleged to happen on April 10 has been postponed additional and now it is going to be held on April 16 at Kolar, Karnataka Congress unit president D Ok Shivakumar mentioned on Saturday. Gandhi had deliberate to deal with individuals on April 10 on the identical place the place his speech throughout 2019 Lok Sabha elections had led to his disqualification from the decrease home of the Parliament, Shivakumar instructed reporters right here.
However, as a result of Assembly election associated works and the number of candidates, the get together leaders requested him to increase it by per week.
“We had requested Rahul Gandhi to extend the public meeting by a week and he gave his consent. Gandhi and all leaders will come on April 16 for the Jai Bharat’ event at Kolar,” Shivakumar mentioned.
He added that this shall be Gandhi’s first public handle in Kolar after his disqualification from the Lok Sabha. He additionally mentioned that Gandhi’s disqualification was an insult to democracy.
“Cancelling the Lok Sabha membership of Rahul Gandhi, who had won with a margin of seven lakh votes, is an insult to the entire democracy,” Shivakumar mentioned.
According to the Congress sources, Gandhi’s occasion was earlier deliberate on April 5, which was modified to April 6. Then it was once more deliberate on April 9, which clashed with Prime Minister’s Project Tiger’ occasion in Mysuru. The date was then resheduled to April 10 and now as soon as once more it has been postponed to April 16.
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