A crowd of over 100,000 people filled the Piazza San Giovanni, ferried in from around the country by eight special trains and 400 coaches for the “Italian Pride” demonstration.
“This is the Italy that works and suffers, that dreams and hopes,” Salvini told the crowd.
“We are the people against the elite, we will change the history of this country.”
The League party was removed from power in August when Salvini, encouraged by his surging poll ratings, pulled out in a failed bid to trigger elections he hoped would crown him as the new prime minister.
Instead, the League’s former coalition partner, the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), formed a new alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
Now, speaking alongside former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and the leader of the Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, Giorgia Meloni, Salvini said the League would find its way back into power.
“We will return to the government soon, through the front door, without tricks and without deception,” he said.
The League remains Italy’s most popular political party despite losing some support in the wake of Salvini’s resignation.
However, the new ruling coalition has been able to garner an equal amount of support to the centre-right parties represented at the Rome rally.
