Congress MP and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday climbed police barricades during the opposition INDIA bloc’s protest march to the Election Commission of India on Tuesday.
Rahul climbs atop police barricades
However, she was soon seen alighting from the bus, and then joined Rahul and other leaders at the Akashvani gate, PTI news agency reported. Earlier reporting noted: ‘Gyanesh, it’s done bro, time to resign’: INDIA bloc MPs stage sit-in after march to ECI stopped INDIA bloc MPs, including Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday marched from the Parliament House complex towards the Election Commission of India but were stopped by police on Parliament Street, where they sat on a dharna demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Rahul, along with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party MP Priyanka Gandhi, joined the march from the Parliament House complex. The protest came amid Opposition allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise being conducted by the Election Commission. After being prevented by the police to proceed further, the Opposition MPs sat on the road in protest. Soon after, Rahul Gandhi and TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee climbed on police barricades. The Lok Sabha LoP was also seen waving a Tricolour from atop the barricades, even as the protesters continued to shout slogans. Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi was taken to a waiting bus, seemingly to be detained. The Opposition leaders then entered the Akashvani Bhawan premises from the reception gate, despite being stopped by the police, and were later seen sitting inside. Opposition MPs carried cutouts depicting Mr.
More than 300 Opposition MPs participated in the march, Rahul said, with some of them, including Priyanka Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Trinamool Congress MPs Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O’Brien, also being briefly detained. The Akashvani complex is barely 100 metres away from the Election Commission office.
Speaking to reporters from inside the Akashvani complex, where the Opposition MPs were staging a sit-in, the Lok Sabha LoP said the INDIA bloc was not only “going to counter” the poll body but would “destroy them. Kumar in an RSS uniform and raised slogans, including “BJP hai CEC hai”, “Vote chor, gaddi chhod” and “Democracy not for sale”.
Earlier reporting noted: After being prevented from proceeding further, they sat on the road in protest. Earlier reporting noted: TMC leaders Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O Brien, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and CPI (M) leader John Brittas were among those who took part in the march
The Opposition leaders began marching to the ECI office to hand over a formal memorandum.
During the protest, Rahul said the Opposition MPs were “trying to save democracy in the country.”
