Congress is holding a grand ‘Mehangai Hatao’ rally at Rajasthan on December 12 against sky rocketing price rise, record unemployment and sinking economy, causing severe misery to the people of the nation.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address a public rally in Jaipur as her party looks to corner the Narendra Modi-led government over inflation and price rise. The ‘Mehangai Hatao rally’ will also be addressed by Senior Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi, Rajasthan's Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and other Congress leaders from across the country.

All-India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal, in a statement, said the Indian National Congress was neither going to be intimidated by the “BJP's tactics” nor was it going to withdraw even an inch from its age-old commitment to raise issues concerning the people.

“It has been decided that the 'Mehangai Hatao' rally will be organised in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on December 12, 2021 itself. The party will keep raising the voice of the people and keep fighting their battles against this insensitive, arrogant and crony-driven Government till it takes corrective measures and provides the much needed relief from inflation,” he said.

Venugopal claimed that after a lot of effort, the Centre had agreed to the rally being held in Delhi Dwarka. “But the Modi government, in a prejudiced conspiracy, got the Lt governor of Delhi to cancel permission for the 'Mehangai Hatao' rally at Dwarka,” he alleged.