NEW DELHI, JULY 26 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the “autocratic behavior” of the central government, saying “India is a police state and Modi a king” as he was picked up by the police from the street amid protests by Congress against Sonia Gandhi’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday. Just as he was about to be detained, Rahul Gandhi told the media, “India is a police state, Modi is a king” before Delhi Police put him on a bus along with Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, Ranjeet Ranjan, KC Venugopal, Manickam Tagore, Imran Pratapgarhi and K Suresh from outside the Parliament on their way to Vi- jay Chowk.
Congress lawmakers protested inside Lok Sabha and in the Parliament complex on the day when party President Sonia Gandhi appeared before the ED for questioning for the second day in the National Herald case. Former party president Rahul Gandhi was detained among others as they marched out of the Parliament House.
“Look at the dictatorship, cannot hold peaceful demonstrations, cannot discuss inflation and unemployment. By misusing the police and agencies, even by arresting us, you will never be able to silence us. Only ‘Truth’ will end this dictatorship,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted as he was escorted to a police bus from the street where was in a sit-in along with other Congress leaders. Congress MPs protested in-side the Lok Sabha on Tuesday morning as the House met. After the House was adjourned, MPs from Lok Sabha, as well as Rajya Sabha staged a protest in the Parliament complex in front of the iconic Gandhi statue. The party lawmakers raised slogans against the government, and carried a poster that read ‘stop misuse of ED’.They were also joined by some of the MPs from other opposition parties including Supriya Sule from NCP, Kanimozhi from DMK, NK Premchandrandran of RSP, and Binoy Viswam of CPI. Rahul Gandhi, Kharge, and Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, be- sides senior leaders including P Chidambaram, Digvijaya Singh, Jairam Ramesh, and others raised slogans and marched out of the Parliament to Vijay Chowk.
