Congress To Hold Press Conferences In Major Cities

On 'Democracy Disqualified'…

Over Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha, the Congress will hold press conferences in 35 cities for the next two days on 'Democracy Disqualified' while also focusing on other issues such as the Adani matter.

On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court in a criminal defamation case of 2019 over his remark "why all thieves have the surname, Modi".

He was later subsequently disqualified from Lok Sabha.

"Senior Congress party leaders will address press conferences in 35 cities on March 28 and 29 on 'Democracy Dis'Qualified'," In a tweet, Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said.

"Among other issues, the reality of Modani and the Modi government's clean chit to Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi will also be highlighted," Ramesh said.

Today, on March 28, there will be press conferences in four cities – Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Ajay Maken in Jammu (J&K), Ashok Chavan in Hyderabad (Telangana) and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu in Chandigarh.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot will address a presser in Ahmedabad, Anand Sharma in Bengaluru, Supriya Shrinate in Chandigarh, Shaktisinh Gohil in Shimla, Manish Tewari in Thiruvananthapuram, Kanhaiya Kumar in Surat, Gourav Vallabh in Varanasi, Pawan Khera in Mumbai, and Salman Khurshid in Srinagar, among other places.