Rahul, Priyanka detained during protest against Election Commission

AP :

Delhi Police on Monday morning detained several senior opposition MPs including Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, after their demonstration against what they alleged was the Election Commission’s “collusion” with the ruling BJP moved onto the streets of central Delhi.

As he and other leaders were taken away in police buses, Rahul Gandhi told reporters crowding around him, “This fight is not political… it is to save the Constitution.

The fight is for ‘one person, one vote’.” He added, “The reality is they cannot talk… the truth is in front of the country.”

Joint Commissioner of Police Deepak Purohit confirmed the detentions but declined to specify a number.

Detained INDIA bloc leaders have been taken to a nearby police station, he said.

‘To be nasty to people, to be violent are not Indian values’: Rahul Gandhi tells Indian expats in US Purohit explained that police had not granted permission for a protest of this size, noting that only 30 MPs had been allowed to march to the Election Commission to submit a complaint.