{"id":75546,"date":"2019-12-23T11:37:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T06:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=75546"},"modified":"2020-09-30T11:40:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T06:10:06","slug":"congress-satyagraha-caa-raj-ghat-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/congress-satyagraha-caa-raj-ghat-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahul Gandhi calls students to Raj Ghat today to &#8220;protest against hate and violence&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid criticism over the &#8220;absence&#8221; of Congress&#8217; top leadership from raging protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), former party president Rahul Gandhi, who had been &#8220;travelling&#8221;, has called the &#8220;students and youth of the country to join him at Raj Ghat today&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The rally was to be held yesterday, but it had to be postponed after permission was denied for the same.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet this morning, Rahul Gandhi said &#8220;it\u2019s critical to show that won\u2019t allow the country be destroyed by hatred&#8221; and that it was important to &#8220;protest against the hate and unleashed on India by Modi-Shah&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear Students &amp; Youth of ??,<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not good enough just to feel ??. At times like these it\u2019s critical to show that you\u2019re ?? &amp; won\u2019t allow ?? to be destroyed by hatred.<\/p>\n<p>Join me today at 3 PM at Raj Ghat, to protest against the hate &amp; violence unleashed on India by Modi-Shah.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi\/status\/1208945009438838784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are expected to participate in the &#8220;non-violent&#8221; rally this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>While the Congress chief promised that the Congress would defend the fundamental rights of the people and uphold the foundational values of the Constitution in a video message, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had joined protesters at India Gate at least twice last week.<code><\/code><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u093e\u091d\u093e \u0930\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0938\u093e\u091d\u093e \u0916\u093c\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092c \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0907\u0938 \u092e\u093f\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0939\u092e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0939\u0928\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u0902\u0917 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0940\u0902\u091a\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0938\u0902\u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u094b \u092b\u0942\u091f \u0921\u093e\u0932\u094b \u0914\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u091c \u0915\u0930\u094b \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0928\u0940\u0924\u093f \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0906\u0907\u090f \u0906\u091c \u0926\u094b\u092a\u0939\u0930 3 \u092c\u091c\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u092a\u0942 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u0927\u093f \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0918\u093e\u091f \u092a\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0938\u0902\u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u0920 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0938\u093e \u092c\u0928\u093f\u090f\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/priyankagandhi\/status\/1208963048557277184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u201cThe party\u2019s satyagraha will fight against this dictatorial government and to protest Baba Saheb\u2019s sacred constitution,\u201d Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The protest will be \u201cin line with the path of non-violence\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Saturday, poll strategist and JD(U) leader Prashant Kishor had <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/jdus-prashant-kishor-attacks-congress-for-being-absent-75275\">slammed the Congress<\/a> for being \u201clargely absent in the citizen\u2019s fight against CAA-NRC\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congress is not on streets and its top leadership has been largely absent in the citizens\u2019 fight against CAA-NRC<\/p>\n<p>The least party could do it to make ALL Congress CMs join other CMs who have said that they will not allow NRC in their states. Or else these statements means nothing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EWJLyc3kgR\">https:\/\/t.co\/EWJLyc3kgR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prashant Kishor (@PrashantKishor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrashantKishor\/status\/1208247357671923714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The nation has been witnessing widespread agitations against the Citizenship Act for over a week. The Act, which facilitates Indian citizenship for non-Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, has been described by critics as a violation of secular principles of the Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Congress has decided to stage a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Raj Ghat today afternoon. 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