The first proposed joint rally of Opposition bloc Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in Bhopal in the first week of October on the issues of “rising prices, unemployment and corruption of the BJP government” may be a non-starter with Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath announcing on Saturday that it has been cancelled. “It is not going to happen,” Mr. Nath told journalists on the sidelines of a press conference called to announce the party’s Jan Aakrosh Yatra.
Even as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan attributed the move to “public anger” over the ongoing Sanatana row, there appeared to be some ambiguity among Congress leaders on the cancellation itself and the possible reason.
At the press conference earlier, the party’s in charge for Madhya Pradesh, Randeep Singh Surjewala, said that a final decision has not been taken on the rally and it was being discussed by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge with other alliance partners.
