Sonia Gandhi may attend ‘Swabhiman’ rally in Patna

The three leaders, who shared the dias at (Swabhiman) (Honour) rally here in a show of unity, also praised each other, forgetting their past rancour. It has done nothing. I know their design.

And addressing the tens of thousands gathered at the Gandhi Maidan, Sonia Gandhi accused Modi of humiliating the people of Bihar. Kumar said Modi had remembered Bihar only now after 14 months as elections are due in the state.

Ms Gandhi also attacked Mr Modi for his remarks about Bihar’s DNA and said some people mocked Bihar whenever they got a chance. “They also call it BIMARU”, the Congress president said.

On a day when faced with stiff resistance, Modi announced that the government will not re-promulgate the controversial land acquisition ordinance that expires tomorrow, the secular alliance leaders claimed their endeavour saw the government “bow down” to pressure.

About farmers, she said Narendra Modi had promised to enhance Minimum Support Price (MSP) by one-and-a-half times “but acted just opposite to it and is trying to snatch land from farmers to distribute them among a few rich friends”.

She added: “The government had to bow down to us after what they saw we did”.

JD-U leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad will address the rally.

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“Nitish Kumar brought down the entire dignity of freedom movement by comparing himself and his family to freedom movement“, Rudy said. This was not the PM’s Mann ki Baat but that of the people and the nation (to do away with the ordinance).

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday drew a parallel between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches about Bihar and the Nazi ideology. A section of Congress strategists were advising her against sharing the dais with RJD chief Lalu Prasad, fearing it would “dilute” the Congress’s attack on the BJP on corruption just days after the party stalled Parliament for two weeks demanding Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s resignations over the Lalit Modi and Vyapam scams. Which caste do these landless people belong?

Ms Gandhi said the Modi government had failed to keep promises like jobs for the youth.