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‘Congress agitating to save corrupt’: Minister's swipe on stir linked to Sonia Gandhi
At least 50 Congress MPs, including party MP and former president Rahul Gandhi, were detained earlier in the day after they took out a protest march from the Parliament to Vijay Chowk.
In the aftermath of massive protests in Delhi on Tuesday over the second round of questioning of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald case, Union minister Anurag Thakur said that earlier the BJP used to “agitate” against the corruption of the grand old party but now Congress is “agitating to save the corrupt”. He also referred to the suspension of as many as 19 MPs from the Rajya Sabha earlier in the day, saying that the government was ready to discuss in the House.
“I would like the opposition members to come and discuss in the House. The government is ready for discussion from day one, and will be ready in future as well,” Thakur was quoted as saying by ANI.
Dozens of Congress MPs, including MP and former president Rahul Gandhi, were detained earlier in the day after they took out a protest march from the Parliament to Vijay Chowk. Their agenda was to present a memorandum to the newly elected President Droupadi Murmu.
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The stir, which was pre-planned, led to clashes between Delhi Police personnel and Congress leaders. In a video, some Delhi cops were seen pulling the hair of Indian Youth Congress's Srinivas BV. To this, police said that they are in the process of identifying who did it and action will be taken accordingly.
Meanwhile, when Rahul and other Congress MPs were detained, the former president was being taken to a different bus by officials than the one to which his colleagues were moved. Rahul was snapped sitting on the road, trying to avoid the detention.
After the detention, the Congress MP said that India is a “police state, Modi (PM Narendra Modi) is a king”.
Later, it was reported that the detained MPs of the grand old party were kept at Kingsway Police camp with visuals showing Congress leaders ‘brainstorming’ and discussing their next moves.
Sonia, meanwhile, left the ED office after six hours of questioning on Tuesday. She will go back for the probe tomorrow (July 26) for the third round.national
