Ayodhya verdict: Congress rally in Delhi postponed

New Delhi: The Congress Party on Saturday postponed its rally, on the economic slowdown scheduled for December 1, citing the increased security measures in view of the Ayodhya verdict.

Sources said that a new date would be announced shortly.  The decision was taken at a meeting of the Congress working committee, which was held on Saturday morning to decide the party strategy on the Ayodhya issue.

The Supreme Court directed the Centre to make necessary arrangements for the construction of a Temple at the disputed site by forming a trust and to give five acres of suitable land to Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque at an alternate location in Ayodhya.

Congress had decided to keep up the pressure on the government on the economic front and had decided to hold a massive rally at Ramlila Maidan when the winter session of the Parliament would be on.  The party had also roped in other Opposition parties.

Congress leaders, along with the representatives of 12 opposition parties, had a meeting on November 4 at the Constitution Club where they discussed the issue of economic slowdown and distress in the farm sector and agreed to stage a united protest.

Congress has also been holding block level and district level protests across the country on the economic slowdown and the agrarian distress from November 5, which would continue till November 15.