New Delhi: A day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi returned from his nearly two-month sabbatical, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) will meet on Friday to review preparations for the Kisan rally against Land Acquisition Amendment Bill on April 19.
Rahul will lead the rally against the Land Bill and is likely to attend the meet.
"Beginning with farmer's rally at the Ram Lila grounds, Congress will carry this fight vigorously and with utmost vigour from Parliament to small towns and villages in the country", party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
Rahul had spearheaded an agitation in 2011 from Bhatta Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh against forcible land acquisition of farmers that had culminated into enactment of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
Seeking to put pressure on the Modi dispensation, Congress is planning a massive mobilisation of farmers across the country. The rally also assumes significance as it is being held on the eve of the opening of the second phase of the Budget session of Parliament and at a time when the government has repromulgated the Land Acquisition Ordinance.
There is, however, still no clarity whether Rahul will take over the leadership of the Congress even if there is dissent within the party. A section of leaders want Congress President Sonia Gandhi to continue while others want Rahul to take the charge.
Sources said that there could be a reshuffle of officer bearers in the AICC.
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