Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has urged people to join the ‘Chalo Delhi Ramlila March’ on November 1, describing it as a movement to protect democracy and the Constitution. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said the march would oppose alleged “vote theft” and was not associated with any single political party.
Rahul calls for November 1 Delhi march
In a video message posted on X on Thursday (October 29) Rahul appealed to people unhappy with the BJP leadership to take part in the march.
“Chalo Dilli Ramlila March, it is a march to save democracy, to stop vote theft, to save the Constitution. This is not a march of any one political party; it is a march of the soul of India. All the people who are fed up with Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and Gyanesh Kumar, all the people who want to save democracy, who want to protect the Constitution, you all come,” he said.
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Urges participants not to fear police action
Rahul also urged participants not to be deterred by the possibility of police action.
“Don’t worry about the police, don’t worry about lathis. The BJP will not have the guts to try any of their antics. Come march with us. We’ll walk together to protect the Constitution, to protect the Indian nation. So there is no need to panic; it is the country’s march, it is your march. You all come; together we will protect the Constitution and protect democracy.”
Student groups urged to join the march
He separately appealed to student organisations across political affiliations to join the march, saying they should come forward if they believed their freedom of expression and ideas were under threat.
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“I urge all student groups, regardless of your political affiliation, if you feel that India is under attack, if you feel you are under attack, your expression, your ideas, your way of thinking is under attack, come and join us. It will be a fantastic march, and it’s a march for the soul of this country. Looking forward to seeing all of you there,” he said.