Delhi:Congress Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi and many other party MPs were detained by police at Delhi’s Vijay Chowk for staging protest against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioning party interim president Sonia Gandhi, today.
After a stand-off that lasted for about 30 minutes, the Congress MP was detained by the policemen who lifted him and put him in the bus along with other MPs who had already been detained.
Rahul and other Congress lawmakers congregated at Vijay Chowk and carried out march towards the Rashtrapati Bhawan to draw the President’s attention to the alleged misuse of agencies by the government.
They were stopped by the police and were prevented from marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Rahul Gandhi was put in a police bus but officials did not disclose where he was being taken.
“All (Congress) MPs came here (Delhi). They talked about inflation, unemployment. They (Police) are not allowing us to sit here. Discussions are not allowed inside (the Parliament) and here they are arresting us,” Rahul told media before being detained.
He further alleged that “India is a police state, Modi is a king.” Rahul also said discussions were not being allowed in Parliament.
I am not going anywhere. We wanted to go towards the President’s house. But the police are not allowing us,” Rahul said.
Sonia Gandhi appeared before the ED on Tuesday for second round of questioning in the money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
On the first day of questioning on 21 July, Sonia was quizzed for over two hours where she replied to 28 questions put forth by the agency. The questioning pertains to the charge of alleged financial irregularities in the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns the National Herald newspaper.
Last month, Rahul Gandhi was also been questioned by the ED in the National Herald case in sessions that clocked over 50 hours over five days.
