New Delhi: The Delhi Police has registered a first information information report (FIR) over the alleged unauthorised entry of Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra into the Akashvani Bhavan premises during an INDIA bloc protest against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday (October 6).
Police detained around 260 protesters
The detained leaders were taken to New Police Lines at Kingsway Camp and were later released. The police then intervened to maintain law and order. The Congress leaders and other protesters were removed from the premises and detained. The police action followed a day of protest by Opposition parties over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The INDIA bloc has also been demanding the resignation of CEC Kumar.
Around 260 people were detained during the protest, according to the city police. The group included 10 MPs.
The police said the Opposition coalition had planned a march from Parliament House to Nirvachan Sadan (the headquarters of the Election Commission in New Delhi). No official permission had been sought or granted for the march, according to the Delhi Police. In its statement, the Delhi Police said the leaders had entered the premises “without permission” and staged a sit-in protest. It also said Rahul Gandhi “refused to vacate” the area. He (Rahul) said “they would not move until a delegation of MPs was granted time to meet officials of the Election Commission of India”, according to the police statement.
