MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday held a silent demonstration to protest against the targeting of party leader Rahul Gandhi and gave a call to ‘chase away the corrupt Bharatiya Janata Party from power’ in the state and country.
The top Congress brass led by state President Nana Patole, city chief Prof. Varsha Gaikwad and other senior leaders staged a silent demonstration below the statue of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi at Nariman Point.
Joining the protest were the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally Nationalist Congress Party’s general secretary Dr. Jitendra Awhad and MLA Rohit Pawar, grand-nephew of the party chief Sharad Pawar.
After ending the silent protest, the leaders vociferously slammed the ruling BJP at the Centre for vindictively targeting an innocent Rahul Gandhi though he didn’t commit any offence and snatching away his MP-ship and official residence.
“The silent satyagraha is over… Now, we shall start a campaign in the state and the country to chase away the corrupt BJP and force them out of power,” declared Patole.
He pointed out that Mahatma Gandhi had defied the British Rulers through the power of ‘silent Satyagraha’ and it had to finally run away from India, and warned that now the BJP will face the same consequences. (IANS)
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