New Delhi: Protesting against the Centre’s newly passed farm laws, the Congress party will launch a ‘Kisan Yatra’ from Punjab this week. The Kisan Yatra will originate from Sangrur in Punjab and will end in the national capital covering various Punjab and Haryana districts.
Congress has planned to launch country-wide protests against these laws from September 24 to November 14.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has been presented with a detailed program to finalise his presence in the protests. Sources say Rahul is going to address a public meeting in Sangrur and following which the Yatra will proceed to Patiala in a roadshow.
The protest is slated to be held on October 2 but it may be postponed to October 3. All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Punjab, Harish Rawat is in Chandigarh to make preparations for the yatra
.According to Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja, Haryana leaders convened a meeting along with Vivek Bansal, Haryana AICC in-charge in Delhi on Wednesday.
Selja also said that Rahul Gandhi will visit Punjab and Haryana in the next two-three days.
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