Congress leaders commences their march to Rashtrapati Bhavan
Senior party leaders like Rahul Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh are participating in the march.
"Congress leaders will be shortly marching to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against growing intolerance in India," the Congress tweeted.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said India has never been 'intolerant'.
"This country has never been and will never be intolerant," Jaitley said while addressing a press conference here.
Sonia Gandhi on Monday met President Pranab Mukherjee to raise concern about the rising intolerance in the country.
This comes in the backdrop of scores of writers, filmmakers, scientists, historians returning awards for rising intolerance and murder of rationalists Dr Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi besides the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq over rumours of consuming beef in Uttar Pradesh' Dadri area.
Expressing her concern over rising intolerance, Sonia had vowed to fight the "diabolical design" of divisive forces to spread hatred, which she said "poses a threat to the unity of the country."
Image: Congress Twitter page
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