Assam Police arrested Congress leader Pawan Khera at Delhi airport on Thursday afternoon, following a high-voltage drama at the airport. Earlier, at the Delhi airport on Thursday morning, Delhi Police stopped Congress leader Pawan Khera from flying to Raipur, citing the FIR against him after his statement on PM Narendra Modi's father.
Case registered by Assam Police in Assam
"A case has been registered against Congress leader Pawan Khera at the Haflong police station in Assam's Dima Hasao district. A team of Assam police left for Delhi to take remand of Pawan Khera in connection with the case. We have requested Delhi police to arrest him (Pawan Khera). We will bring him to Assam after taking permission from a local court: Prasanta Kumar Bhuyan, IGP L&O & Spox of Assam police to ANI.
Khera claimed that the police wanted to check his luggage. "I was told they wanted to see my luggage. I said I don't have anything except a handbag. When I came down from the aircraft, I was told I can't go and DCP will come. I don't know why I am being stopped," Congress leader Pawan Khera told media.
Protest by Congress leaders
This prompted Congress leaders and workers to start sloganeering outside the IGI Airport
The Congress party has alleged that Khera's being barred from taking the flight was an attempt to disrupt the plenary, similar to the ED raids in Chhattisgarh on Monday.
The Delhi Police clarified that Congress leader Pawan Khera was stopped from boarding a plane at Delhi airport after a request was received from Assam police to stop him.
"First, ED was sent to Chhattisgarh. Now, Pawan Khera, who was going to attend the Congress session, was stopped from boarding the flight. This dictatorship will not be tolerated at all. We will fight and win," tweets Congress Party," the Congress Party tweeted from their Twitter handle.
CISF personnel deployed to handle the situation as per rules. Airport Police including DCP present at the spot to legally arrest Pawan Khera at the request of Assam Police. Assam Police officials also present at the airport. No impact on the movement of flights: ANI reported
Which leaders are at the airport?
Among those protesting outside the airline were Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, Supriya Shrinet, Imran Pratapgarhi, and Avinash Pandey.
The 85th plenary session of the Congress is to be held in Raipur between February 24 and 26. The session will support Mallikarjun Kharge's election as party president and will discuss and lay out a strategy for the party's political revival ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
