Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and several party MPs were detained by the police at Vijay Chowk on Tuesday after they staged a protest against the interrogation of Sonia Gandhi by the ED. Rahul Gandhi and other Congress MPs gathered at Vijay Chowk to march towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to alert the President about the alleged misuse of agencies by the government, but were stopped by the police. Gandhi was placed in a police bus, but officials did not say where he was being taken.
Other Congress MPs at the Vijay Chowk protest site were detained and taken away in separate police buses. “India is a police state, Modi is the king,” Rahul Gandhi claimed. He said discussions are not allowed in Parliament. “I’m not going anywhere. We wanted to go towards the president’s house. But the police won’t let us,” Gandhi said. “All Congress MPs stopped at Vijay Chowk and prevented from marching to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Forcefully arrested. Now we are in police buses and taken to a place known only to PM and HM,” Rajya Sabha Congress MP Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
Congress MPs had earlier gathered in Parliament to decide on the party’s strategy as Sonia Gandhi appeared for the second time before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in the money laundering case involving. Rahul Gandhi has already appeared before the investigating agency for questioning in the same case.
