After a protest march in front of Election Commision turns violent, police arrested several Congress workers today. Party workers were stopped by police outside Sardar Patel Bhawan near Patel Chowk.
The protest march was against the Election Commission for issuing a notice against party’s President-elect Rahul Gandhi for his TV interviews but alleged that it had failed to apply the same standards for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for holding a roadshow after casting his vote.
The party also submitted a fresh memorandum to the EC demanding action against Modi for the roadshow in Ahmedabad. In its memorandum, the party called upon the EC to follow the dharma of the Constitution, implement the law and register an FIR against the Prime Minister.
Police detained Congress workers who were marching to the Election Commission in protest against Modi’s roadshow in Gujarat after casting his vote on Thursday. Congress leader and Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev said that the ECI is a constitutional institution. It is not dependant on anyone. Democracy and election process are being been murdered. This is surprising since we gave them prima facie evidence – a video of Modiji’s roadshow. Why was there no notice against him, she said.
Dev said: “BJP is in power, they can go anywhere. We are in opposition, so the police have stopped us. This is what is happening in the country. They are misusing power in front of the ECI.”
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