Congress leaders have decided to protest across the country against the BJP-led Central government on July 21, the day Congress’ interim president Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case. The decision to this effect was taken in a meeting on Wednesday. The party has also called another meeting on Thursday, where all the general secretaries, state in-charges and PCC chiefs will discuss `Bharat Jodo Yatra` and other organisational programmes.
The meeting is expected to discuss the protest march and other public outreach programmes, besides making a strategy to protest inside the Parliament premises as the Monsoon Session of Parliament is starting from July 18. After the meeting, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Congress President Sonia Gandhi is a tigress. She is not afraid of these things. She has seen so many things like this. She will go to the ED office and face enquiry”.