Chicago – April 21, 2024
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will not attend the INDIA bloc’s mega rally in Ranchi on Sunday due to his ill-health, party leader Jairam Ramesh said.
In a post on X, Ramesh said Rahul Gandhi was all set to address a campaign in Satna and attend the INDIA bloc rally in Ranchi, but he suddenly fell ill.
Party president Mallikarjun Kharge will attend the Opposition alliance’s rally in the Jharkhand capital, Ramesh said.
“Rahul Gandhi was all set to campaign today in Satna and Ranchi where the INDIA rally is being held. He took ill suddenly and is unable to leave Delhi for the present. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge ji is of course attending the Ranchi rally after addressing a public gathering in Satna,” he tweeted in Hindi.
Several leaders of the INDIA bloc, including Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav, are expected to attend the ‘Ulgulan (uprising) Nyay’rally in Ranchi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren are also slated to attend the rally.
The main focus of the mega event will be on the arrests of Kejriwal and Soren by the Enforcement Directorate.
Some 5 lakh people are likely to participate in the rally slated to commence at around 3 pm. The rally will be held in Ranchi’s Prabhat Tara ground and has been organised by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) as a joint show of strength amid the Lok Sabha polls.
