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Modiji Is King, Police State

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Rahul Gandhi was nearly the final man standing because the police debated whether or not to detain him

New Delhi:

Rahul Gandhi was detained at this time after he led a protest and sat on a street within the coronary heart of the capital whereas his mom Sonia Gandhi was being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate.

The Congress chief, surrounded by scores of policemen, sat on Rajpath - the excessive safety avenue close to parliament and high authorities places of work - as he protested over a spread of points from value rise and GST to the concentrating on of opposition leaders by probe businesses.

The Congress shared Rahul Gandhi's picture alongside a black and white photograph from the archives exhibiting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi - his grandmother - on an identical protest. "Historical past repeating," the get together tweeted.

"I'm not courting arrest, I'm protesting towards value rise, unemployment, for the voice of the individuals..." Rahul Gandhi instructed NDTV. As he sat alone - the others with him had already been detained - he was seen taking out his cellphone and clicking a photograph of the policemen.

After a stand-off that lasted for about an hour, the Congress MP was detained by the policemen who lifted him and put him within the bus together with the opposite detained MPs.

"India is a police state, (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is a king," Rahul Gandhi mentioned whereas being led away by the police.

In one other a part of the town, his mom and Congress president Sonia Gandhi was on the Enforcement Directorate for the second spherical of questioning in reference to the Nationwide Herald case.

Sonia Gandhi was accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to the probe company's workplace. Rahul Gandhi additionally went there earlier than becoming a member of the protest at parliament.

The Congress MPs have been protesting over the opposition "being silenced" in parliament a day after 4 get together MPs have been suspended for your entire monsoon session. The MPs, who deliberate to march in direction of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, have been stopped on the Vijay Chowk crossing.

"We're protesting as per the instruction of the police. All of this can be a conspiracy by PM Modi and Amit Shah to utterly destroy the opposition and muzzle our voices. We can't be scared, our battle will proceed," mentioned Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, the Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.


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