The BJP, which rules the Centre and shares power in the state, must be reminded that Independence was won by the virtue of sacrifices made by Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians alike and nobody should behave as if the country is his father’s property (kisi ke baap ka desh nahin hai), he said.Yadav also told the well-attended rally, “Be on your guard against the Election Commission’s bid to help the BJP by holding a special intensive revision of the voters’ list. We have to fight it out and thwart any conspiracy to deprive people of their right to vote.”Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Salman Khurshid, who was among the invitees, spoke to journalists on the sidelines of the event.”This programme is aimed at saving Waqf, democracy and the pluralistic character and culture of the country,” said Khurshid, who also recalled having spent his childhood in Patna, while his grandfather late Zakir Hussain was serving as the governor of Bihar.Other Congress leaders who had turned up at the rally included Rajya Sabha MPs Imran Pratapgarhi and Syed Nasir Hussain.Pratapgarhi, who is also a successful poet, received a frenzied welcome from the crowds, especially youngsters, when he reached the venue in an open vehicle, with the black band wrapped around his head.Others who spoke on the occasion included Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, an Independent MP with affinity towards the Congress, and Akhtarul Iman, MLA and Bihar unit chief of AIMIM, which is headed by Asaduddin Owaisi of Hyderabad.
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