The BJP MPs will observe the fast on 12 April in their respective constituencies.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will observe a day-long fast Thursday with BJP MPs to protest the recent washout of the Budget session of Parliament, while party chief Amit Shah will hold a sit-in at Hubli in poll-bound Karnataka on the same day.
Rahul Gandhi led a fast Monday at Rajghat for communal harmony and to protest caste violence, communalism and the non-functioning of Parliament, for which it blamed the ruling BJP. However, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra called it a ‘farce’.
Gandhi was joined by senior leaders, including Kamal Nath, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sheila Dikshit, Ashok Gehlot, Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken and the party’s communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala.
While observing a fast, Modi will not disturb his daily official routine of meeting people and officials, and clearing files, sources in the know said.
Addressing BJP MPs on Friday, Modi had accused the opposition, particularly the Congress, of practising divisive politics and said that BJP MPs will observe a fast on 12 April to protest the impasse in Parliament.
The Congress had tried to preempt the BJP event by announcing that the party members would observe a fast on April 9 to promote communal harmony in the country.
All BJP MPs will also observe fast on 12 April in their respective constituencies.
Shah will hold a ‘dharna’ (sit-in) in poll-bound Karnataka’s Hubli.
With inputs from PTI