BJP's 'Suraksha Sankalp' Rally outside Parliament on Nov 22

New Delhi, Nov 20 (UNI) The BJP will hold its National Suraksha Sankalp rally outside Parliament on November 22 even as the party, as decided, highlights the failure of the UPA government in addressing national security issues inside the House on the opening day of the winter session.

BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, in a statement, said party president Rajnath Singh and senior leader L K Advani will address twin meetings of party activists from several states at the Birla Mandir and Samata Sthal on that day before party workers moved towards Parliament Street to attend the massive Rally.

Partymen from from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab, Bihar, Jharkand, West Bengal and North-Eastern states besides Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir will attend the rally.

He said former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and senior leaders would address the public rally on Parliament Street and the workers would march towards Parliament after the meeting.

He said the march was intended to symbolise the ''national anguish on the soft and submissive policies'' of the Centre which was "leaning towards" granting clemency to Parliament attack mastermind and death row convict Mohammad Afzal.

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