UP Congress Committee to stage protest on December 12

VARANASI: UP Congress Committee has decided to stage a protest in the city against arrest of MLA Ajay Rai and invoking NSA against him on December 12 during stay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
Khatri was in the city on Thursday to hold meeting with office bearers and leaders of 14 districts of east UP to chalk out strategies for the party’s proposed statewide agitation.Talking to reporters he said, “The district Congress committee of Varanasi has already announced to hold a ‘Satyagrah’ here on December 9 against in Rai episode. But, during the meeting the party men decided also to stage protest during Modi’s stay in the city on December 12.”
Khatri said that nature of protest would be decided later. He further added that UPCC is launching its statewide stir from December 9 against inflation increasing intolerance, recruitment scams, deteriorated law and order in state and issues of farmers. As a part of it, he said, ‘Padyatra’ (foot marches) would be carried out in all districts and the agitation would take place in Varanasi on December 21.
During this agitation in east UP district the party will also highlight the issue of Rai, said Khatri claiming that party would expose how Modi, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav were keeping hands in gloves to harass Rai, who contested parliamentary election against Modi and later continued exposing his failures in Varanasi parliamentary constituency. He also alleged that Modi government has failed in improving condition of the Ganga.
Reacting on the issue of intolerance Khatri said demolishing Babri on December 6, 1992 was the biggest example of intolerance in this country. He said that by looking in the past one could see the harsh truth of the role of RSS men during Sikh riots of 1984.
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