After the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday night, the Congress has announced the cancellation of the rally to be held in Belagavi, Karnataka on Friday.
Sources said Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had returned to Delhi to visit Singh at his residence and visit his family.
“As a mark of respect to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Congress has canceled the ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvadhan Rally’ in Belagavi, Karnataka tomorrow. Karnataka Congress will hold a condolence meeting tomorrow in memory of Dr. Manmohan Singh,” a Congress The leader said on Thursday night.
According to the earlier plan, there was a program to unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Suvarna Soudh (Karnataka State Assembly) at 10:30 am on Friday and then at 12:30 pm Kharge and Rahul were scheduled to address the public meeting. Gandhi and other Congress leaders.
Apart from Kharge and Gandhi, other Congress leaders from Belagavi — here for the two-day centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi’s appointment as Congress president — also began making arrangements to return to Delhi and meet Manmohan Singh’s family.
“We will all return to Delhi soon. It is time to be with Dr Singh’s family,” said a senior Congress leader.
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