Team News Riveting
New Delhi, August 5
Clad in black, Congress leaders hit the streets on Friday to protest against price rise and unemployment.
A host of them including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra being detained by police amid dramatic standoffs outside Parliament and the AICC headquarters here. More than 60 Congress MPs, detained by the police during the party’s protest in Delhi against price rise and unemployment, were released late in the evening after about six hours.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K C Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Gaurav Gogoi were among the MPs detained and taken away from Vijay Chowk, outside AICC headquarters and other places in the national capital.
“Congress MPs have just been released after being detained for almost 6 hours for protesting peacefully and democratically against price rise, unemployment and GST,” Ramesh, who had also been detained, tweeted.
The protesting MPs of the opposition party raised slogans against the government demanding that the GST hike on essential items be withdrawn, with party chief Sonia Gandhi standing with the women MPs holding a banner outside gate number 1 of Parliament.
The protesters were, however, stopped by the Delhi Police and not allowed to proceed towards the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Sonia Gandhi did not take part in the march. The Delhi Police on Friday detained more than 200 Congress protesters, including 60 MPs. Congress on Friday called for a mass protest here against the price rise, unemployment and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike on essential items.
