Delhi Police on Tuesday detained Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other INDIA bloc leaders as they cleared the Akashvani Bhavan premises, where Opposition MPs had been protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal and MP Deepender Singh Hooda were also among those detained during the police action. The Opposition leaders have been demanding Kumar’s resignation and questioning the revision of electoral rolls.
Gandhi: Police can provide another venue
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi said the INDIA bloc would continue its protest at Akashvani Bhavan and urged the Delhi Police to provide an alternative venue if it had objections to the demonstration.
#WATCH | Delhi Police detain Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other INDIA bloc leaders staging a protest at Akashvani Bhavan against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and demanding his resignation. pic.twitter.com/ON0WKiz67t
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“We don’t have any problem with protesting here. We will continue our protests here. If they (Delhi Police) are uncomfortable with us protesting here, they can provide us with another place to protest. The Constitution allows us to lodge a protest,” Gandhi told reporters.
How the protest unfolded
The protest began on Tuesday after INDIA bloc MPs marched towards Nirvachan Sadan, the headquarters of the Election Commission of India. Police stopped them with barricades, following which the Opposition leaders moved to the nearby Akashvani complex, around 100 metres from the poll panel’s office, and staged a sit-in.
Several MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, were seen climbing the barricades as they attempted to proceed towards the Election Commission headquarters.
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Leaders from several INDIA bloc parties took part in the demonstration, which is part of the Opposition’s broader “Save Democracy” campaign. The campaign includes protests and public programmes against the Election Commission, with the revision of electoral rolls being one of the key issues raised by the Opposition.