'PM Modi has handed over assets of India to his friends': Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after detention; watch video

After Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained by the police on Friday after for staging a sit-in protest outside the AICC headquarters as part of the party's nationwide stir against price rise, she slammed the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In a video from inside the police vehicle shared by the Congress party, Priyanka Gandhi said they think that by showing force they can silence us and force us into a compromise.

Targetting PM Modi, she alleged, "There is no inflation for Modi ji, he has given away the country's wealth to 2-4 people....Two-four people have become very rich, but the common person is suffering. They have a lot of money, they can't see price rise. Flour, rice, cooking gas have all become expensive."

"As BJP ministers can't see inflation, we want to show them inflation by marching towards PM house," Priyanka Gandhi was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Dressed in black, as several other party members did to register their protest against the government, Priyanka Gandhi jumped over police barricades put up on the road outside the party headquarters and squatted on the road, with police personnel asking her to move from there as section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is in force in the entire area of New Delhi district except Jantar Mantar.

The Congress general secretary was subsequently put in a vehicle forcibly by police and taken away.

Earlier in the day, Congress MPs, including former party chief Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest in the Parliament House complex and took out a march towards Rashtrapati Bhawan.

The protesting MPs of the opposition party raised slogans against the government demanding that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike on essential items be withdrawn, with party chief Sonia Gandhi standing with the women MPs of the party holding a banner outside gate number 1 of Parliament.

The protesters were, however, stopped by the Delhi Police and not allowed to proceed towards Rashtrapati Bhawan. Sonia Gandhi did not take part in the march. The other Congress MPs were detained by police at Vijay Chowk.

Published on: Friday, August 05, 2022, 02:53 PM IST