New Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen lying on the ground as several INDIA bloc MPs were being detained by the Delhi Police on their way to Jantar Mantar amid an agitation against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, was also detained by police.
This is how they treat MPs who simply want to meet the Election Commission. This is how they beat up MPs. Women police personnel have scratched me all over and thrown us to the ground. Let them call their forces back. Police personnel removed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from the site near Jantar Mantar. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, was also detained by police. We are fighting for our rights-fighting for the rights of the country’s voters-yet every time, we are being stopped in this struggle. We are being prevented from even entering this designated protest site, Jantar Mantar; Members of Parliament are being stopped from entering. It is not the Delhi Police’s fault; their boss is a coward. RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha alleged use of force by the police. Not just Gyanesh Kumar; this Government is going out now. They are launching a lathi charge on the soul of India, on the democracy of India. Shame on such people.”
Article 19 grants us permission to protest in this manner, and Jantar Mantar is a designated spot; if we cannot stage a protest here, then where else can we do it?
Priyanka Gandhi said, “I will not move from here, according to Congress. Congress MP Pawan Khera said, “It is our democratic right; we are fighting for this right. He said that along with CEC Gyanesh Kumar, the NDA government also has to go. Jha told reporters, “This is a launch.
