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Gandhi is expected to sound the 2019 parliamentary elections bugle at the rally.
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Rahul Gandhi to Address Rally on 29 April
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address a public rally at the Ramlila Ground in the National Capital on 29 April.
Making the announcement on 27 April, the party's Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken said that the rally – Gandhi's first in the national capital since assuming the top party post – would be "historic".
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief said in a statement that 40,000 forms for identity cards have been received from party workers. Around 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh Congress workers are expected to participate in the rally, he said.
"Full preparations have been made for the Jan Aakrosh Rally to be addressed by Gandhi. Delhi will sound the bugle for Rahul Ji's triumphant journey to the 2019 parliamentary elections," Maken said in the statement.
Maken said proper arrangements would also be made for the parking of vehicles coming from Delhi and outstation areas, and various committees have been formed, who have been meeting regularly. Meanwhile, Maken also welcomed back former NSUI and Delhi Youth Congress president Amit Malik, former DPCC secretaries Jaikaran Choudhary and Parvinder Sharma into the party fold.
Delhi has seven Lok Sabha seats. In the last elections in 2014, the BJP had won all seven seats, as it stormed to power at the Centre putting to an end the 10-year rule of Congress.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Published: 28 Apr 2018,08:47 PM IST