VARANASI, Aug. 31 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Rai on Saturday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' (Voter Rights Yatra) is receiving overwhelming public support across the country. He claimed that this growing support has left the ruling BJP rattled, and alleged that the recent attack on the Bihar Pradesh Congress headquarters in Patna is a result of the BJP's fear and panic.

Rai, along with party workers, staged a protest in Varanasi, wearing black ribbons to condemn the attack on the Congress office in Bihar.

Terming the incident an "attack on democracy," Rai said, "This is not just an assault on the Congress Party but on the democratic fabric of Bihar. Bihar is the land of penance, sac...