Thousands join Congress scooter rally

Thousands join Congress scooter rally

LUDHIANA, April 3
The Congress campaigning in the city got off with a massive showdown with thousands of two wheelers and a few hundred cars joining the ‘scooter rally’ of the party candidate and national spokesman Manish Tewari. The rally started from the Daana Mandi, the backside of the Arora Palace and after passing through various areas of the city concluded at Bhagwan Chowk, Janata Nagar near Sangeet Cineman.

Flagging off the rally, Tewari said, “today we are marking the beginning of the end of the Akali-BJP alliance government in the state”. He said, given the overwhelming response of the people, particularly the youth, he was confident that the Congress was going to register a spectacular win from Ludhiana with the Akali candidate Gurcharan Singh Galib certain loose his security deposit.

The national spokesman of the Congress said, there was a reason for this growing disillusionment among the people, particularly the youth, with the ruling alliance. Because everybody was feeling insecure. “So much so the newborn children were being abducted from the government hospitals”, Tewari pointed out, while adding, this is the worst that had happened in Punjab. “Law and order is at its worst and people are feeling to threatened and scared”, he said.

The scooter rally received an overwhelming response all along the route with flowers petals being showered on the rallyists. At several places the Congress candidate Tewari was weighed against the ladoos and garlanded with flowers and currency notes. The entire route had been flooded with the Congress banners, flags and posters.

Expressing his gratitude towards the people who came out of their houses, shops and offices to receive him, Tewari said, he felt more than confident that his victory margin would be one of the largest in the country. “With every passing moment my faith in your support gets strengthened further and further as I see the see of people around me”, a confident Tewari told the crowds amidst thumping applause.

Tewari was accompanied by senior party leaders and legislators from the city. They included the District Congress Committee president Jagmohan Sharma, District Youth Congress president Dimple Rana, legislator Harmohinder Pradhan, former legislators Surinder Dawer, Milkiat Singh Dakha, Milkiat Singh Birmi, Prithipal Gayal, KK Bawa, Nahar Singh Gill, Dr Manjit Kaur, the daughter of former President Giani Zail Singh and others. (eom)