Congress to hold rally in Jaipur to launch manifesto

The Congress party is set to hold a rally in Jaipur to release its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

“Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge will hold a big public meeting tomorrow in Jaipur and will tell the people about the manifesto. There is a great enthusiasm among the workers for tomorrow's meeting,” news agency PTI quoted Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra as saying to reporters on Friday.

The grand old party launched its manifesto “Nyay Patra” on Friday at AICC promising a legal guarantee for MSP, and passing a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 per cent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs are among others

The manifesto focusses on "pillars of justice" and 25 guarantees under them. The meeting will be held at Jaipur's Vidhyadhar Nagar stadium, it reported.

Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot wrote on 'X', “Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are arriving in Jaipur tomorrow to launch the Congress manifesto 'Nyaya Patra' that guarantees justice.”

Polling for the 18th Lok Sabha elections will begin from April 19 and the results will be declared on June 4, 2024. The elections will be held in seven phases. The first phase to be held on April 19, second phase on April 26, third phase on May 7, the fourth phase on May 13, fifth phase on May 20, sixth phase on May 25 and the seventh phase on June 1, 2024.