Congress is protesting around the country against price increases, unemployment, and an increase in the GST on some basic goods. They will also ‘gherao‘ Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mansion in the nation’s capital.
The Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, and several other party lawmakers, including Shashi Tharoor, have been detained by the Delhi Police during a demonstration against the Central government’s policies regarding unemployment and price increases. Party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was also taken into custody while participating in an agitation outside the AICC offices in the nation’s capital with other leaders and workers.
Before being detained, Gandhi spoke to the media and said: “We were marching from Vijay Chowk to Rashtrapati Bhawan with all of the Congress MPs to bring up the issue of inflation and price increases, but they stopped us. Our responsibility is to voice the concerns of the people. Some MPs detained and assaulted.”
Harish Rawat, a leader in the Congress and a former chief minister of Uttarakhand, was taken into custody by the police and transported in the bus with other MPs.
“Police halted us as we attempted to march to Rashtrapati Bhavan. They claim Sec. 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code is in effect and forbids us from protesting. All MPs will volunteer to be arrested. We are attempting to advance. We are fighting for people’s rights, ” Congress MP Rajeev Shukla, remarked.
Deepender Hooda, Congress MP, asserted that the government is obliterating the nation’s youth. You can see how MPs are being held, but we want to demonstrate peacefully, he continued.
Senior party figure P Chidambaram stated earlier in the day that the Congress MPs’ protest is against response to price rise and the Agnipath programme, which was introduced by the Central government in June.
“Price increases impact everyone. We have a responsibility as a political party and as elected officials to express the concerns, worries, and grievances of the populace. What we are doing is this “explained Chidambaram.
Congress members demonstrated, under the direction of the party’s acting president, Sonia Gandhi.
Congress is protesting across the country against rising prices, unemployment, and the increase in the GST on some basic goods. They will also “gherao” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in the nation’s capital.
Before beginning the demonstration, Rahul spoke to the media and claimed that democracy is dying in India and that those who oppose it are being “viciously persecuted.”
“Democracy is perishing right in front of our eyes. In front of your eyes, what India has constructed brick by brick since it began nearly a century ago, is being demolished. Anyone who opposes the idea of the coming of a dictatorship is brutally attacked, imprisoned, incarcerated, and beaten up “He spoke
