Congress's 'Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Sanvidhan' rally in Karnataka's Belagavi on Jan 21
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress' 'Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Sanvidhan' rally in Karnataka's Belagavi, which was not held last month due to the demise of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, will now be held on January 21.
Also, the culmination public rally of the 'Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Sanvidhan Abhiyan' is scheduled for January 27 at Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in Mhow in Madhya Pradesh.
The rally in Mhow will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Constitution and the founding of India's republic as well as the purported attack on the legacy of Babasaheb Ambedkar by the ruling regime, a party circular said.
Following Singh's demise on December 26, the Congress had announced that all party official programmes, including its foundation day celebrations, will be cancelled for seven days as a mark of respect.
Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died at the age of 92.
He had died as the Congress party concluded its Congress Working Committee meeting at Belagavi, Karnataka, marking the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi assuming the presidency of the party at the Belgaum session in 1924.
A public rally was scheduled for the next day but was cancelled.
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Woman in Shishila bitten by cobra while working in plantation dies
Belthangady: A woman in her mid-50s from Guddethota in Shishila village here died after suffering a snake bite while working in a plantation on Sunday.
The deceased, identified as Prema (55), was reportedly bitten by a cobra when working in a plantation located in Shishila village of the taluk on Sunday afternoon.
The members of the Shourya Disaster Response Team, who were informed of the incident, arrived at the plantation and took Prema to the Puttur Government Hospital, but the patient is learned to have died due to the intensity of the snake venom.
Prema is survived by her daughter and son.
