Congress takes out peace march against Delhi violence

21:15 February 26

KC Venugopal urges people to have peace and harmony

Congress leader KC Venugopal urged the people of Delhi to have peace and harmony.

"I urge people to have peace and harmony and also maintain communal harmony. The incident which happened in the last one week is totally unfortunate," said Venugopal.  

18:20 February 26

Govt failed to maintain peace in Delhi, Amit Shah must resign: Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the Centre has failed to maintain peace in the national capital and demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. 

Addressing the workers, she urged them to visit affected areas and spread the message of peace and brotherhood. 

"This is our city. People come here to find work. Today, fire and hatred is being spread in this city. We are a party that has helped in the freedom struggle and it is our duty to bring peace and maintain harmony. I urge every one of you to spread the message of love and brotherhood," she told the workers. 

"It is the duty of the government and the Home Minister to bring peace to the national capital, but they have failed," she said. 

"We wanted to walk till the Home Minister's house and demand his resignation, but police stopped us," added Priyanka.

17:55 February 26

The march started from AICC headquarters to Tees January Marg

New Delhi: Senior Congress leaders including general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today participated in a party peace march from the AICC headquarters here against the violence in Delhi. 

Besides Priyanka, other senior leaders who attended the march included Mukul Wasnik, KC Venugopal, PL Punia, Randeep Surjewala, Rajeev Gowda, Shaktisinh Gohil, Ajay Singh Lallu (UP Congress chief), Mani Shankar Aiyar, Sushmita Dev, Krishna Tirath and Subhash Chopra. 

The march to the Gandhi Smriti on the Tees January Marg here started from the party's main office on the 24, Akbar Road. However, the leaders were stopped by the police before they reached the Gandhi Smriti. 

They sat on the barricaded road and sang Mahatma Gandhi's favourite 'Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram.' 

The march has been taken out in view of the loss of lives in clashes in the national capital since Sunday. 

Giving the message of unity, the Congress members held posters reading "Aaj hamara ek hi nara, Nahin bate samaj hamara." 

(PTI Report)