New Delhi: The Congress has targeted Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi now over the proposal to charge Rs 5 from those attending his rally in Hyderabad next month. Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has in fact called it monitising democracy and pure fascism.
"The tax reflects their own appreciation of their market value. They have imposed a listening tax. When will they impose a speaking tax," Tewari questioned.
The BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit is collecting a registration fee of Rs 5 per person to attend a public meeting to be addressed by Modi in Hyderabad on August 11.
"Other parties ferry people for their public meetings. The idea of collecting the nominal amount is to encourage seriousness and commitment. We will contribute the collected amount towards Uttarakhand relief," state BJP spokesman N Ramachandra Rao told PTI.
And, keeping in mind Modi's following in the virtual world, the registration can be done online. The registration process began recently and will continue till August 10. The Lal Bahadur Stadium in central Hyderabad is the venue for the meeting and the target is to mobilise one lakh people in the age group of 18-40, Rao said.
BJP aims to reach out to the large crowd of IT professionals and college students in the tech-savvy Andhra Pradesh capital, he said.
About 40,000 people have already registered and the party hopes that it will go up to at least 70,000, Rao said. Modi's rally was originally scheduled for July 27 but was postponed to August 11 in view of the Gram Panchayat elections.
(With additional information from PTI)
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