Congress president Rahul Gandhi attended a public rally in New Delhi. The first in Delhi of he took over as the president of India’s Grand Old Party. It was at the Ramlila Ground. The Congress party called it a national-level “Jan Aakrosh Rally” , ahead of the crucial May 12 Karnataka elections. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, prominent leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad and others also address the rally. The 'Jan Aakrosh' rally was organised to protest the alleged failures and corruption of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.