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#Watch: Rahul, Sonia Gandhi protest against BJP with other Congress leaders

New Delhi | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairman Sonia Gandhi, along with other party leaders were protesting against the BJP outside the Parliament.

Congress leaders were seen outside the Parliament building in New Delhi protesting against the ongoing crisis in Karnataka’s coalition government.

Rahul Gandhi told news agency ANI, “We are protesting against Karnataka and Goa issue”.

In the video, the party members can be seen shouting slogans like ‘Horse Trading Band Karo'(Stop the horse-trading).

The grand old party has repeatedly accused BJP of “Kidnapping” or horse-trading their MLAs from the struggling JD(S) coalition government with JD(S) in Karnataka.

13 MLAs from ruling coalition resigned earlier including 12 on Saturday, two independent MLAs H Nagesh (Mulbagal constituency) and R Shankar (Ranebennur) withdrew their support to the government Monday.

With the support of two independents, the BJP now has 107 MLAs in the 224-member House, where the half-way mark is 113.

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