Rahul holds roadshow for Jitendra, press conference cancelled

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today held a roadshow for the party candidate and Union Minister of State for Defence Bhanwar Jitendra Singh here on the last day of campaigning for the Alwar Lok Sabha elections due on April 24.
Large number of party supporters as well as people from parts of the constituency lined up along the road side to greet them.
Rahul along with Singh and PCC President Sachin Pilot greeted people from an open-roof SUV amid tight security arrangements.
The show began from Rao Tukaram circle and ended at Ashok circle after covering parts of the city.

Gandhi was scheduled to address a press conference at the Ashok circle but it was cancelled at the last moment, and he left the city in a helicopter.
Later, Singh held the district administration responsible for the cancellation of the conference.

"This place was identified for press conference last night in a meeting with SPG and the district administration but the district administration today denied permission. Rahul Gandhi waited for five minutes outside the venue but he had to leave because of the district administration," Singh told reporters.
When contacted, the district collector MP Swami rejected the allegation and said that it was SPG, which did not allow to hold the press conference.

"He is an SPG protectee and the SPG did not allow him to hold the press conference. They (Congress leaders) did not tell us before that they wanted to hold a press conference and when they said at the last moment today, the SPG raised security concerns and did not allow them for it," Swami told PTI.