LUCKNOW: Stating that the ‘life of people was supreme’, the Congress cancelled pink marathons and big rallies in UP and other poll-bound states of the country in the wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases.
Accordingly, the marathon races for girls scheduled at Azamgarh, Varanasi, Ghaziabad and Aligarh have been cancelled. “The move comes after a decision taken by party national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi who said that all big poll rallies have been cancelled till the Covid-19 situation improves.”
Prior to this, on December 30, the UP Congress had written to the election commission of India to direct all political parties not to hold big rallies and public events in the wake of the third wave of covid-19 infection.
On January 3, Priyanka Gandhi isolated herself after a family member and a close staff tested positive for the coronavirus infection. She also tweeted that she had tested negative but would take the RT-PCR test once again after a few days.
Citing the chaos during the Pink Marathon in Bareilly, the opposition accused the Congress of cancelling its event after its failure to hold them successfully. The local administration lodged an FIR against the district Congress chief of Bareilly. But the Congress leaders termed the action as conspiracy and political vendetta.
