New Delhi: Indian Congress alleged that Delhi Police personnel forcibly entered its headquarters (HQ) and beat up party workers and leaders, on a day the party staged protests against the questioning of Rahul Gandhi by Enforcement Directorate.
The party has demanded that an FIR for “criminal trespass” be registered, erring Police personnel be suspended beside taking disciplinary action against them. Senior party leader Shashi Tharoor shared a video of Congress MP Jothimani’s on Twitter, in which she alleged that she was brutally assaulted by Delhi Police.
In the video shared by Mr Tharoor, Congress MP Jothimani from Tamil Nadu’s Karur alleged that Delhi Police personnel tore her clothes and carried her like a criminal. Congress Chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, “In an act of absolute goondaism perpetuated by the Delhi Police at the instance of the Modi government, the Police forcibly entered the national headquarters of the Congress and beat up party workers and leaders, which is patently criminal trespass.
The goondaism of Delhi Police and Modi government has reached its zenith.” Congress staged vociferous protests in the national capital on the third day of Rahul Gandhi’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. Surjewala said, “We are protesting peacefully in a Gandhian way but such kind of behaviour and goondaism are unacceptable and will not be tolerated”. “Let all the Police officers who are acting as puppets of Modi government in order to please their masters know that this will not go unpunished. We memorized these act and suitable action, both civil and criminal will be taken.”
He added, “Congress has decided to gherao all Raj Bhawans across India in protest against this action of the Police, and the designed deception and suppression of the voice of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party, who continue to champion the voice of the poor, the downtrodden and common people”. On 17 June, massive protest demonstrations will be held in all district headquarters, he added. Web Desk
