Rally against "vote chori" to protect every citizen's right: DKS

3,500-4,000 party leaders, workers came from K'taka to participate in the rally

- NT Correspondent

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar asserted that the Congress party's rally against alleged ‘vote chori’ (vote theft) in New Delhi is to protect every citizen's right to vote.

Accusing BJP government at the Centre of restricting vehicles with Congress workers from entering Delhi to participate in the party's mega rally, Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Congress chief, said that about 3,500-4,000 party leaders and workers have come from the state to participate in the rally.

Congress is holding a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday, against the alleged "vote chori" (vote theft). "We (state Congress) have made accommodation for 1,500 people (party work-

ers and leaders), more than 2,000 people have made their own arrangements. They have come by flight and train. About 3,500-4,000 people have come. About 1.42 crore signatures have been gathered from the state (as part of its signature campaign),” Shivakumar said.