Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders detained for staging dharna outside Parliament

The Delhi Police imposed Section 144 of the CrPC in all districts of New Delhi except Jantar Mantar, in response to the Congress Party’s call for nationwide protests against inflation and unemployment.

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and MP Mallikarjun Kharge, among others, wore black on Frida to show their support for the protests called by Congress workers against price increases and inflation.

While Rahul Gandhi chose to wear a black shirt, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra opted for a black suit.

Rahul Gandhi also said today that the BJP attacks the Gandhi family because we fight for an ideology. “Why do they attack the Gandhi family? They do it because we fight for an ideology and there are crores of people like us. We fight for democracy, for communal harmony and we have been doing this for years. It`s not just me who did that, it has been happening for years,” he said while addressing a press conference earlier in the day.

Comparing PM Modi with Hitler, Rahul Gandhi said, “Hitler had also won elections, he too used to win elections. How did he use to do it? He had control of all of Germany`s institutions…Give me the entire system, then I will show you how elections are won.”

Congress leader Manish Tewari too was detained by the police during the protests. “When you are under detention & being taken an hour away in a rather rickety bus you post pictures. @RavneetBittu & I at Gate No 1 of Parliament before the protest kicked off,” Tewari tweeted.