Bhopal: The opposition alliance INDIA has cancelled its first proposed joint rally which was scheduled in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in the first week of October triggering speculation.
Former Chief Minister and Congress state president Kamal Nath gave this information while interacting with media on Saturday.
However, Kamal Nath did not tell the reason behind its cancellation. He said that no final decision has been taken on when and where it will now be held.
Top leadership has not issued any statement
The cancellation of the rally has triggered speculations in the political circle regarding possible conflict among the alliance leaders. However, till now the top leadership has not issued any official statement on this.
Recently, a meeting of opposition parties was held in Mumbai. In the meeting the leaders of the INDIA alliance had decided that keeping in mind the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a joint rally would be held with the aim of creating an atmosphere against the central government. It was decided to include all the leaders in the rally of the India alliance.
Notably, while addressing a gathering, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had strongly targeted the India alliance in which he had described this alliance as arrogant
Rally cancelled because people are angry: CM Shivraj
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan claimed the INDIA alliance cancelled its first rally as people are angry that they "insulted" Sanatana Dharma.
"This is the anger of the public. Sanatana Dharma was insulted and was called dengue and malaria. The people of Madhya Pradesh will not tolerate this insult of Sanatana Dharma. INDIA alliance must understand that they have hurt our faith and this won't be tolerated at any cost. People of MP are angry and INDIA alliance leaders were scared. Therefore they cancelled their rally. The public's anger is against the INDIA bloc and Congress. The public will not leave them,” CM said, adding that there is no strength in the alliance's leadership.
Taking a swipe at the Congress, CM Shivraj said there's a lot of chaos within the grand old party, and people are fighting over whose photo is included in posters.
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