{"id":16815,"date":"2023-12-25T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/25\/cong-geared-for-partys-138th-anniversary-hai-taiyaar-hum-mega-rally-in-nagpur-on-dec-28-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2023-12-25T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T14:25:13","slug":"cong-geared-for-partys-138th-anniversary-hai-taiyaar-hum-mega-rally-in-nagpur-on-dec-28-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/25\/cong-geared-for-partys-138th-anniversary-hai-taiyaar-hum-mega-rally-in-nagpur-on-dec-28-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Cong geared for party\u2019s 138th anniversary; \u2018Hai Taiyaar Hum\u2019 mega-rally in Nagpur on Dec 28 &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nagpur: Top national Congress brass including President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party functionaries, chief ministers and other leaders are expected to attend the \u2018Hai Taiyaar Hum\u2019 (We Are Ready) themed-rally to mark Congress\u2019 138th foundation day here on December 28, party leaders said here on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Maharashtra unit Congress president Nana Patole and other leaders reviewed the preparations and said that the stage is set for the mega-rally in the historic city of Nagpur where the 2024 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly elections bugle would be sounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a huge enthusiasm among the party leaders and workers for the massive rally\u2026 The venue is being named as \u2018Bharat Jodo Maidan\u2019 and the theme is \u2018Hum Taiyaar Hain\u2019 for this gathering,\u201d Patole told mediapersons.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders in Mumbai said they are aiming for a crowd of over half a million, making it one of the biggest rallies that the Orange City will witness, and serve to kickstart the Congress\u2019 2024 polls campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Patole said that in December 1920, Mahatma Gandhi had raised the slogan of \u2018non-cooperation\u2019 against the tyrannical British Rule from Nagpur, it was from this city that Indira Gandhi became the Indian National Congress President in 1959, and barely six years later, was elected the country\u2019s first woman Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that the Congress\u2019 138th foundation anniversary is being celebrated in Nagpur with such a rich historical tradition, is a matter of pride for all party people,\u201d gushed Patole.<\/p>\n<p>He trained guns on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government for ignoring the burning problems of runaway inflation, soaring unemployment, distress among farmers, youth and workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of concentrating on solving these issues, the BJP government is busy creating a social and religious division, posing dangers to democratic fabric of the nation. It\u2019s the responsibility of the Congress to save democracy and the Constitution. For this, \u2018Hai Taiyaar Hum\u2019, and we will work towards a just and corruption-free India,\u201d Patole said.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the demand for the Election Commission to take serious note of the doubts about EVMs, and if the people want, then the traditional ballot paper voting should return, adding how Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also opposed to the EVMs when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister.<\/p>\n<p>After the December 28 rally, the INDIA bloc and Maha Vikas Aghadi allies in Maharashtra are likely to finalise their seat-sharing plans for the Lok Sabha polls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(IANS)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Nagpur: Top national Congress brass including President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party functionaries, chief ministers and other leaders are expected to attend the \u2018Hai Taiyaar Hum\u2019 (We Are Ready) themed-rally to mark Congress\u2019 138th foundation day here on December 28, party leaders said here on Monday. 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