Delhi’s Public Works Department on Friday demolished half of Congress get together’s headquarters which is underneath building after it was found that was found to be encroaching on the footpath in the direction of the DDU Road in Delhi, an official stated. A PWD personnel on the spot stated a survey of the under-construction constructing revealed that the stairs have been constructed on the footpath and, therefore, needed to be demolished.
“A PWD survey revealed that the stairs were encroaching a footpath, thus necessitating the demolition,” the PWD official stated. The demolition train on the under-construction Congress headquarters coincided with the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as a member of the Lok Sabha on Friday.
The disqualification got here within the wake of his conviction by a Surat courtroom in a 2019 defamation case. Rahul was sentenced to 2 years in jail for a comment utilizing the surname ‘Modi’ at a rally in Karnataka within the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Responding to his disqualification, Rahul stated he was preventing for the restoration of the voice of India and was able to pay any worth for it.
Meanwhile, the Congress on Friday got here down closely on the Centre over Rahul’s disqualification as a member of Parliament, calling it a “strangulation of democracy” whereas exuding confidence that the disqualification will probably be revoked by way of a keep on his conviction by the next courtroom.
“The issue before us is political, more than it is legal. It is a political issue because it signifies the systematic, repetitive emasculation of democratic institutions by the ruling party. It signifies the strangulation of democracy itself. We know that defamation is an exception to free speech, but over the last several years, we have had repeated examples of unthinkable assaults on freedom of speech, more importantly, freedom after speech. We all know that Rahul Gandhi has been speaking fearlessly inside and outside Parliament. He is paying a price for it,” Congress nationwide spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated.
He alleged that the Centre was resorting to new strategies to “throttle” Rahul Gandhi’s voice.”This government is rattled because he clearly speaks with facts and figures on demonetisation. Be it the supposed clean chit to China, or the GST, he is consistently aggressive and open in his questioning. Therefore this government is finding new techniques of throttling his voice,” Singhvi stated.
(Reported by Sonu Kumar)
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