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Congress workers sell pakodas, tea to mock BJP government at rally venue
The Congress rally at the Ramlila Maidan, here, had different shades of India as several party workers dressed as degree holders were seen selling pakodas (fried snacks) and tea in an apparent dig at the central government over its failure to provide jobs.
New Delhi : The Congress rally at the Ramlila Maidan, here, had different shades of India as several party workers dressed as degree holders were seen selling pakodas (fried snacks) and tea in an apparent dig at the central government over its failure to provide jobs.
Many wore wind-cheaters with the slogan 'Modi hai to mandi hai' inscribed on them. Several Congress workers also wore onion garlands around their necks to register protest over the vegetable's sky-rocketing price.
The streets leading to the rally venue were dressed with posters and placards of top Congress leaders, including party interim chief Sonia Gandhi, her son and former party chief Rahul Gandhi, her daughter and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The posters also slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government over increasing unemployment, farm distress, rising onion prices, spiralling inflation and economic slowdown. Many Congress activists wore the dress meant to be worn on the convocation day to mock at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over rising unemployment, and sold tea and 'pakodas' near the rally venue.
Many party workers protested against the central government over the steep rise in prices and wore paper hats with image of gas cylinder with its price of Rs 885 written on them.
Many danced on drum beats and lyrics describing the failure of the Modi government in the last six years. When Priyanka Gandhi begun her address the crowd went into tizzy and raised slogans. They clapped when Priyanka slammed the BJP over its slogan 'Modi hai to mumkin hai' (With Modi everything is possible).
The ecstatic crowd completed Priyanka's every sentence, like "Modi hai to unemployment at 45-year high, Modi hai to Indian Railways privatised, Modi hai to Navratna PSU's being sold, Modi hai to economy is in bad shape, Modi hai 15,000 farmers have committed suicide."
The crowd cheered loudly when Priyanka mentioned the name of her father (former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi) while talking about the Unnao rape victim, who was burnt alive by the rape accused.
"The blood of the Unnao daughter has mixed with the soil of country, much like my father's," she said.Priyanka appealed the party activists to come out and fight to save the country. "Those who don't fight for justice will be remembered as cowards," she said.
A thunder of claps and cheers welcomed Rahul Gandhi when he came to address the meeting. They demanded him to come forward to lead the party again. When the former Congress chief said, "I am not Rahul Savarkar but Rahul Gandhi. I won't apologise for speaking the truth," the Congress workers roared in unison -- Rahul bhaiya mat ghabrana, ham tumhare saath hai (Don't be afraid Rahul, we are with you), Rahul bhaiya tum party chalao (Rahul lead the party again).
Rahul Gandhi was taking a pot shot at the Sangh ideologue V.D. Savarkar (who reportedly sought to apologise to the British for release from jail) in connection with his "rape in India" remark.
