Rahul Gandhi disqualification: Congress denied permission to hold 'Satyagraha' protest, section 144 at Rajghat

The Delhi Police has denied permission to the Congress party to hold a 'Satyagraha' protest against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from the Lok Sabha.

The cops have also imposed Section 144 at Rajghat even as Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached the venue to lead the protest.

The party members are going ahead with the 'Sankalp Satyagraha' protest despite their permission getting turned down.

Rahul Gandhi disqualified

Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat's Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. The disqualification will bar Gandhi (52), a four-time MP, from contesting polls for eight years unless a higher court stays his conviction.

The Congress leader claimed that the action against him was taken because Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "scared" of his next speech in Parliament on the Adani issue and alleged that the "whole game" was to distract people from the issue and the panic the government was feeling over the matter.

The Congress has said that Rahul Gandhi is not alone and millions of Congressmen and people irrespective of their political affiliations will join him in this fight for truth and justice.

To this end, all Pradesh Congress Committees have been asked to organise a one-day Satyagraha in front of Gandhi statues in all State and District Headquarters from 10 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. (With PTI inputs)