Cong’s ‘Speak-up’ to target BJP govt

The Congress is all set to launch a “Speak Up” campaign on May 28 Thursday to give an open house to people suffering due to Covid lockdown. The campaign is to focus on migrants, poor, small businessmen and middle class people. The idea is to ensure that the voice of these people who have “suffered” the most reaches the Central government.

Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken said the party leaders, workers and sympathisers will run the online campaign from 11 am to 2 pm on Thursday.

“We demand that transport be made available to all migrants to ensure that they reach home safely, increase their employment days to 200 under MGNREGA and provide `10,000 as immediate financial help to the poor besides a financial package for small industries,” he told reporters.

The Congress has been charging the Central government of not doing enough for people who have suffered the most. It has made several suggestions to the Central government but believes that these suggestions have not been taken up.

In the initial stages of the lockdown, the party had demanded that migrants be allowed to go home, the suggestion was implemented very late by then the “damage had already been done.”

The ‘Speak Up’ campaign is expected to augment the Congress’ assertion that the lockdown was done “without proper” planning by the Central government. ‘SPEAK UP’ campaign is expected to augment the Congress’ assertion that the lockdown was done ‘without proper’ planning by the Centre