New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is set to return from his two-month long sabbatical on April 15, sources said on Monday. The party has confirmed that Rahul will be leading a Kisan rally against the Land Acquisition Bill on April 19.
Seeking to put pressure on the Modi dispensation, Congress is planning a massive mobilisation of farmers across the country.
Rahul will be addressing the rally along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, party General Secretary Digvijaya Singh had said after a meeting of the party leaders to prepare for the rally.
Painting the NDA government as being 'anti-farmer and anti-poor', Singh had said that the way it had proceeded on the controversial Bill had "exposed it thoroughly".
Instead of holding discussions with all concerned to arrive at a consensus, the Prime Minister has gone ahead unilaterally on the Bill, he had said.
He had also faulted the government for "not vigorously" implementing the rural job scheme and its "failure" to give remunerative support prices to farmers for their produce.
The rally assumes significance as it is being held on the eve of the opening of the second phase of the Budget session of Parliament and at a time when the government has repromulgated the Land Acquisition Ordinance.
Sonia Gandhi had led a march of opposition leaders to the Rashtrapati Bhavan last month to protest against the Land Bill.
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