TMC’s Derek O’Brien, Sagarika Ghose to join INDIA bloc rally on March 31

Two Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Trinamool Congress, including Derek O’Brien and Sagarika Ghose, will join the INDIA alliance rally on March 31 at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, said TMC leader Shashi Panja.

“Our two MPs, Derek O’Brien and Sagarika Ghose, will attend the INDIA alliance rally on March 31 at Ramlila Maidan, in Delhi,” said TMC leader Shashi Panja.

Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Minister Gopal Rai on Friday announced that several prominent leaders from the INDIA alliance will participate in a rally at Ramlila Maidan on March 31 in support of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following his recent arrest.

He said, “Reactions from the entire country came after the arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal. The main leaders of the INDIA alliance will join the rally on March 31 in Ramlila Maidan.”

Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Akhilesh Yadav, Farooq Abdullah, Bhagwant Mann, Champai Soren, Tejashwi Yadav, and Sitaram Yechury and many more leaders have been confirmed to join the rally, Rai said.

TMC leader Shashi Panja also said that the party had requested the Election Commission of India for an appointment to meet the full bench of the Central Election Commission on Monday.

“Yesterday we had given a request seeking an appointment and probably we’ll get to meet the full bench of the Central Election Commission on Monday. We are worried about a few things in West Bengal during the elections and CEC is the only place where we can go. We have given a memorandum. The main issue is that the ED, CBI and NIA are there in West Bengal. Everyone knows that the Model Code of Conduct is in effect, candidates are busy but investigations are being done to disturb the candidate and for political signalling… The party in power at the centre, the BJP is using these institutions as a political tool to disturb the opposition parties but none of the agencies reach the BJP leaders,” said TMC leader Shashi Panja.