Congress MLAs and MPs on Monday staged a protest in Jalandhar over restoration of an FIR registered against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by Nainital Police.
Member of Parliament (MP) from Gurdaspur Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa along with Jalandhar MP Charanjit Singh Channi demanded immediate cancellation of the FIR against Gandhi, who was booked over his statements regarding the “shuddhikaran yajna” conducted at the Haldwani venue by a group of a particular community following the visit of congress’ national president Mallikarjun Kharge
During the protest at the Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall in Jalandhar,MP Randhawa said that instead, an FIR should be registered against those who carried out the purification of the stage in Haldwani, as well as against those who supported them
“We all sit together as one Sangat and one Pangat. Mallikarjun Kharge, the national president in Delhi, and Charanjit Singh Channi in Punjab are all our brothers. The Congress strongly condemns such divisive statements that seek to divide the country, and the Congress as a whole does not believe in casteism”, added Randhawa.