Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Detained For Holding Protest March

Sonia Gandhi was accompanied by her daughter and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to the ED office. Rahul Gandhi also went there before joining the protest at parliament.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was on Tuesday detained for holding a protest march. The congress is protesting amid the Enforcement Directorate’s questioning of Congress president Sonia Gandhi in connection to a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, surrounded by scores of policemen, sat on Rajpath – the high-security avenue near parliament and top government offices – as he protested over a range of issues from price rises and GST to the targeting of opposition leaders by central probe agencies.

The Grand Old party shared Mr. Gandhi’s image alongside a black and white photo from the archives showing former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi – his grandmother – on a similar protest. “History repeating,” the party tweeted.

जंजीर बढ़ा कर साध मुझे,
हाँ, हाँ दुर्योधन! बाँध मुझे।

बाँधने मुझे तो आया है,
जंजीर बड़ी क्या लाया है?

इतिहास दोहरा रहा है…#SatyagrahaWithSoniaGandhi pic.twitter.com/wroc7cLtk9

— Congress (@INCIndia) July 26, 2022

Sonia Gandhi was accompanied by her daughter and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to the ED office. Rahul Gandhi also went there before joining the protest at parliament.

The Congress MPs were protesting over the opposition “being silenced” in parliament a day after four party MPs were suspended for the entire monsoon session. The MPs, who planned to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan, were stopped at the Vijay Chowk crossing.

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha leader of opposition said “We’re protesting as per the instruction of the police. All of this is a conspiracy by PM Modi and Amit Shah to completely destroy the opposition and muzzle our voices. We won’t be scared, our fight will continue.”