Amid escalating confrontation with the government, Congress today announced a gherao of Parliament on May 6 to highlight issues like Uttarakhand, drought and the campaign of deceit and deliberate lies against opposition.

Party chief Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and a host of other leaders and party workers would march from Jantar Mantar early morning on next Friday to gherao Parliament.

Last year, the Congress had organised a rally at Ram Lila grounds on April 19 to protest the controversial Land acquisition bill which it had dubbed as anti-farmer and pro-corporate.

Before that Sonia Gandhi had led a march of opposition leaders to Rashtrapati Bhawan on the issue.

The announcement was made by partys chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala, who said the gherao would be the culmination of a save democracy march.

He said it is being undertaken in the wake of attempts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government to topple duly elected governments as was witnessed in the conspiracies in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

In an obvious reference to the AgustaWestland issue, he said the march was also against the drama being enacted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the government and the campaign of deceit and deliberate lies launched by it.