VANADZOR. – The rally launched by three opposition parties kicked off in Vanadzor on Monday.

This is for the first time when political parties raise social, rather than political issues, Prosperous Armenian MP Tigran Urikhanyan said addressing the participants.

In his speech, Urikhanyan mentioned growing poverty rate, intolerance and indifference displayed buy the authorities toward common citizens. He said it would better to have a question and answer session during which they would learn about the problems that locals are faced with.