Rahul Gandhi on Sunday emphatically introduced that he was calling off his election rallies in West Bengal as a result of second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was solely days after the senior Congress chief attended huge rallies in ballot certain states.
The announcement by Rahul Gandhi ostensibly got here after his deliberate participation in rallies was over. Election rallies in latest instances have come below intense scrutiny on account of surging Covid-19 instances within the nation. Opposition events have tried to make use of the emotions to focus on the BJP whereas sustaining a strategic silence over their very own rallies which have witnessed huge crowds and are persevering with to draw giant crowds.
Rahul Gandhi clearly made an try and capitalise on the sentiment. However, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, senior chief of the Congress get together, is continuous to attend crowded rallies in direct contradiction of the message Gandhi. It seems to be a part of a well-crafted technique.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury shared footage from his rally on the Naoda Vidhan Sabha Constituency in assist of the alliance backed candidate. The Congress get together is in an alliance with the Left Front and Abbas Siddiqui’s ISF within the state.
জোট সমর্থিত কংগ্রেসের প্রার্থী মোশারফ হোসেনের সমর্থনে আজ নওদাতে এক সভায় pic.twitter.com/BqJY1b0xZP— Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) April 18, 2021
He shared footage from a rally in Malda as properly in assist of one other candidate.
মালদা বিধানসভা কেন্দ্রের জোট সমর্থিত কংগ্রেসের প্রার্থী ভূপেন্দ্রনাথ হালদারের সমর্থনে আজ মালদাতে এক সভায় pic.twitter.com/EhjINOgNWD— Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) April 18, 2021
Thus, fairly clearly, Gandhi’s announcement of ‘canceling’ his rallies in West Bengal seems to be a tactic solely to earn plaudits on social media. The actuality on the bottom is sort of totally different. The Trinamool Congress as properly has adopted an identical technique the place they chorus from importing images of their rallies on Twitter however proceed organising them nonetheless.