Youth Congress workers on Saturday blocked the Delhi-Jaipur Highway right here and burnt tyres in protest in opposition to the disqualification of celebration chief Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha. The celebration workers led by Haryana Youth Congress chief Divyanshu Budhiraja reached close to Kherki Daula toll plaza at round 12:30 pm and raised slogans in opposition to the BJP authorities.
“The Centre has cancelled the membership of Rahul Gandhi to suppress the voice of the Opposition. We will protest on the streets in opposition to the dictatorial determination of the BJP authorities which is fearful of the help acquired by Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’,” Budhiraja mentioned.
The Gurugram police reached the protest web site and detained one of many protesters. “Vikas Parmar alias Lala, a resident of Rohtak, was detained. He was released later,” a police officer mentioned.
Following the criticism of ASI Yogender Kumar, an FIR was registered in opposition to about 20 protesters beneath sections 147 (riots), 283 (obstruction in a public method), and 341 (wrongful confinement) of the IPC on the Kherki Daula police station, he mentioned.
“A case was registered on Saturday in opposition to those that blocked the Delhi-Jaipur Highway. One of them was arrested whereas motion might be taken in opposition to others,” Inspector Rajender Kumar, SHO, Kherki Daula police station mentioned.
Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after a court docket in Gujarat’s Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. The disqualification will bar Gandhi (52), a four-time MP, from contesting polls for eight years until the next court docket stays his conviction.
Meanwhile, former BJP MP Sudha Yadav accused the Gandhi scion of constructing unwarranted feedback on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a number of events on each nationwide and worldwide platforms.
“The conduct of Rahul Gandhi on this case merely exhibits his vanity. He has made unwarranted remarks in opposition to the prime minister in nationwide and international fora,” she mentioned at a press convention right here.
Countering the fees, Congress chief Captain Ajay Yadav claimed it was the pre-plan of the saffron celebration and that the Union dispensation “cannot face the truth” as proven by Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi have to be punished for ‘I’m not Savarkar’ remarks
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday hit again at ex-MP Rahul Gandhi over his ‘I’m not Savarkar’ remarks and demanded that the Congress chief ought to be punished. The former Congress chief made the remarks whereas addressing a press convention after being disqualified from Lok Sabha. “My identify is just not Savarkar, my identify is Gandhi and Gandhi doesn’t supply an apology to anybody,” Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned on Saturday responding to a question on repeated calls by the BJP looking for his apology over varied points.
“VD Savarkar is not only Maharashtra’s deity but is an idol for the whole country and Rahul Gandhi has defamed him. Any criticism of Rahul Gandhi will be lesser for his this deed. Today also, he said that I am not Savarkar who will apologise. What does he think of Savarkar? He must be punished for this,” Shinde mentioned within the Assembly.
“Gandhi’s family should be treated differently by law”
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari defended Gandhi and demanded a “special law” for him. While backing Rahul, the Congress chief mentioned that his household had a historical past of sacrifice for the nation and therefore the federal government ought to deliver particular legal guidelines when it comes to sentencing the Gandhian household.
While chatting with media individuals on Saturday, the Congress chief from Mirzapur asserted that the court docket ought to have granted minimal punishment to Rahul amid the actual fact his ancestor had sacrificed their lives for the nation. Further, he alleged that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was fearful of the “theft”. Notably, he was pointing fingers on the latest knowledge printed by Hindenburg Research in opposition to the billionaire Gautam Adani.
‘I’m Gandhi not Savarkar’
A reporter requested him why does he not apologise for his speech at a UK University as demanded by BJP, he mentioned, “My name is not Savarkar, it is Gandhi and Gandhi never apologises.” He additional mentioned, “Let me speak in the Parliament. I asked to speak in the Parliament, twice I asked wrote to the speaker while a third time I presented myself physically.” “I asked the Speaker to let me speak but he said it is not in my hands, then who has the power if not him?”, Gandhi mentioned. He additional mentioned, “Shall I ask Modiji but he will not allow me to speak.”
“So, my point is that, democracy is finished in this country, people cannot speak what is on their minds, institutions in this country are being attacked and the mechanism of that attack is the relationship between Narendra Modi and Adani,” the Congress chief mentioned. In his remarks on the presser, Gandhi mentioned he’ll maintain asking questions on the Adani concern.
(With inputs from company)
