New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s rally at the Ramlila Maidan here on Wednesday has been canceled following the Saturday evening blasts.
The party Sunday decided to cancel the rally at which Gandhi was to distribute provisional certificates to unauthorized colonies.
“The party has decided to cancel the rally to show solidarity with the blast victims. The new date will be announced later,” Delhi Congress President J.P. Agarwal told IANS. Eyeing the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, the party was looking forward to the rally hoping to highlight the regularization of unauthorized colonies in the capital as one of the biggest achievements of the Sheila Dikshit government.
The central government yesterday held a meeting to take stock of the internal security situation and discuss “steps” to beef up security. Home Minister Shivraj Patil chaired the meeting. It was attended by Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal.
