Sonia Gandhi launches #SpeakUpIndia campaign

The Congress is striving to uphold the values of the democracy during the lockdown

1. Congress strives to uphold the values of Democracy

Besides raising the voice of poor through video press conferences by top leaders the party openen up a campaign through social media

2. Congress holds an online campaign for poor

Congress has been demanding monetary aid from the Centre for people from the unorganised sector in line with the "Nyay" scheme proposed by the party leader Rahul Gandhi

3.Congress demands a scheme like Nyay

The workers of the party took part in the campaign through social media platforms like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

4. Party workers were live on Youtube,Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

These workers raised a demand  seeking the initial aid of Rs 10,000 for the poor and then Rs 7,500 per month for the next six months.

5. Congress has  demanded an initial relief of Rs 10000

Congress also demanded to raise the number os days of work to 200 under MGNREGS so that poor can get maximum help

6. Congress has demanded to raise the number of work days to 200 under MGNREGS

The campaign, with hashtag "SpeakUpIndia", took place online from 11 am to 2 pm on Thursday

7. The campaign uproared the social media with hashtag "SpeakUpIndia"

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections held last year, Rahul Gandhi had advocated implementation of the "Nyay" scheme proposing that a certain amount of money will be paid to the poor per month to enable them to make purchases.

8. Rahul Gandhi had proposed a scheme like Nyay for poor

The increased purchasing power of the poor will in turn help remonetise the economy, the Congress leader had said

9. The direct money transfer to poor will help revive the economy:Rahul Gandhi.

"We cannot go outside, on the streets now (due to the lockdown). Hence, we will be staging this agitation online  for those who are hit the worst by the lockdown.,Said a congress leader

10. Lockdown can not stop the voice of opposition

Party passed a message to workers and common people to raise the issues of the poor online ,it appealed to be the voice of poor via YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

11. Party appealed the workers to be the voice of poor

According to Congress,Centre's Rs 20 lakh crore special economic package is more of offering loans than spending money to help the people hit by lockdown

12. The economic package is just loans and no help:congress

Party sources claimed that 50 lakh workers of the Congress took part in the agitation across the country

13. 50 Lakh congress workers participated in #SpeakUpIndia campaign

Rahul Gandhi had said in a recent press interaction that the economy will pick momentum only when the poor have money in hand to spend. So, the Centre should offer money in line with the Nyay scheme. This will in turn boost the economy

14. People in need must get money  immediately:Rahul Gandhi

Congress intends to run many such online campaigns to help the migrants and poor who have suffered the most due to lockdown

15. Congress will hold many such online campaigns