Monday, January 19, 2026

Item number, Congress’ farm-protest rally style





Social Media could be brutal if you slip up as badly as Congress has done in organising a “Jan Akrosh Rally” in Saraikela in Jharkhand on Thursday in opposition to the three farm laws. 

In a video uploaded by ABP News Editor Pankaj Jha, a female dancer is seen enthralling the “protesting audience” with an item number on “Laila O Laila.”

Former Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore tweeted, “They (Congress) can stoop to any level to get people to their rallies.”

One wondered if it was a ‘Jan Akrosh rally’ or the ‘audition for the next Congress President.

According to Pankaj Jha, the rally and the dance programme was organised by Congress MLA from Pakaur constituency Alamgir Alam. “See the pain and concern of Alamgir Alam, who has been elected on a Congress party ticket,” the ABP Editor tweeted.

BJP leaders including IT Cell Head Amit Malviya shared the video and took potshots at the Congress. “Congress wants Laila, Farmer agitators want Mia Khalifa,” wrote one Twitter user.

 


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