Congress protest live updates: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra released after being detained for 6 hours

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• 05 Aug 2022, 07:12 PM

  Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other Congress leaders have been released from New Police Lines Kingsway Camp PS after being detained for six hours over the price rise protest.

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 04:21 PM

  Rajasthan | Congress leaders and workers hold a protest against the Central government in Jodhpur over the issues of unemployment and inflation.

   

  Rajasthan Congress leaders and workers hold a protest against the Central govt in Jodhpur over the issues of unemployment inflation pic.twitter.com/uiQ8tYAVoA

  — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) August 5, 2022

   

   

   

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 03:29 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Congress MPs including Rahul Gandhi along with the party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra detained at New Police Lines Kingsway Camp PS, Delhi

  Delhi  Congress MPs including Rahul Gandhi along with the partys General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra detained at New Police Lines Kingsway Camp PS https://t.co/0IqrdLIFMh pic.twitter.com/TDHtDOSwbh

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 02:44 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Water cannon being used by police personnel in Chandigarh to disperse the Congress leaders & workers.

  #WATCH | Chandigarh: Water cannon being used by police personnel to disperse the Congress leaders & workers who have been protesting against the Central govt over the issues of inflation & unemployment pic.twitter.com/j8jEmQotKo

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 02:27 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Congress MPs and Sonia Gandhi, the party's interim president, protesting the central government over inflation and unemployment earlier today in Parliament.

  Delhi | Congress MPs along with party's interim president Sonia Gandhi in the Parliament premises amid protests against Central govt over inflation & unemployment, earlier today pic.twitter.com/rdXq0Md9di

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 02:02 PM

   BJP believe the opposition can be silenced. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the country's assets to his friends: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

  #WATCH | They (BJP) think Opposition can be muzzled. As their ministers can't see inflation, we want to show them inflation by marching towards PM house...PM Modi has handed over the assets of country to his friends:Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
  
  (Source: AICC) pic.twitter.com/PWtH7EC2dI

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 01:44 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Several members of the Congress Party, including Rahul Gandhi, have been detained at the Police Lines Kingsway Camp. Protests against rising prices and high unemployment are being held around the country today by members of Congress. 

  Delhi | Congress MPs including Rahul Gandhi detained at Police Lines Kingsway Camp
  
  Congress is holding nationwide protests today on the issues of inflation and unemployment. pic.twitter.com/W26TrJVbv3

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 01:35 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress politician, leaps over a police roadblock at the AICC during a party protest over price increases and unemployment in Delhi. She was taken into custody by the police later.

  #WATCH Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra jumps over a police barricade placed near AICC during party protest against price rise & unemployment in Delhi
  
  She was later detained by police during the Congress protest pic.twitter.com/s7lqYqsnEh

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 01:15 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Detained at Delhi's Police Lines Kingsway Camp are Congress Members Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh, and Ranjeet Ranjan.

  Congress MPs including Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh and Ranjeet Ranjan detained at Police Lines Kingsway Camp in Delhi pic.twitter.com/JjTXcccHQU

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 01:10 PM

  Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra detained by the police after participating in a demonstration against unemployment and inflation with other party officials and party members outside the AICC headquarters in Delhi.

  #WATCH | Police detain Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from outside AICC HQ in Delhi where she had joined other leaders and workers of the party in the protest against unemployment and inflation.
  
  The party called a nationwide protest today. pic.twitter.com/JTnWrrAT9T

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 01:09 PM

  Congress MP Jothimani Sennimalai  detained by police

  MP @jothims ji manhandled and dragged by Police.
  
  Our fight is for the people of India.
  Drag us, attack us, arrest us. Do everything in your power to pull us down, we only grow stronger. pic.twitter.com/LNdpRTokCz

  — Congress (@INCIndia) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 12:58 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Police detained Congress MP Rahul Gandhi during a protest in Delhi against the Central Government over price hikes and unemployment.

  #WATCH | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi detained by police during a protest against the Central government on price rise and unemployment in Delhi pic.twitter.com/TxvJ8BCli9

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 12:56 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Congress politician Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joins fellow party officials and workers in a demonstration outside the AICC headquarters.

  #WATCH | Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sits on a protest with other leaders and workers of the party outside the AICC HQ pic.twitter.com/ra6LPFhE0H

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 12:53 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Harish Rawat, a Congress politician and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister, was held by police in Delhi during the party's protest against the Central Government over price increases and unemployment.

  #WATCH Congress leader & former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat detained by police during party's protest against Central govt on price rise & unemployment in Delhi pic.twitter.com/Wtx7J237tL

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 12:41 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Bihar Congress members demonstrate in Patna against the Central Government over unemployment and rising prices.

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 12:36 PM

  Our job is to raise the issues of the people: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

  #WATCH | Our job is to raise the issues of the people...Some Congress MPs detained, also beaten by police: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi during protest against price rise and unemployment at Vijay Chowk, Delhi pic.twitter.com/wWW7JojjjY

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 12:16 PM

  Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor detained during Congress protest against price rise.

  Despite protesting peacefully, with no hint of violence or misbehaviour, @incIndia MPs have been detained at Vijay Chowk & are being carted off to a police station. This is unnecessary & undemocratic pic.twitter.com/Fm8AaS9GtP

  — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 12:02 PM

  Congress protest live updates: Protests against inflation and unemployment are being held in Hyderabad, Telangana by Congress members and leaders.

  Telangana | Congress workers and leaders protest in Hyderabad over inflation and unemployment. pic.twitter.com/ve4BUb8ZQP

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:46 AM

  We were trying to march to Rashtrapati Bhavan but Police stopped us: Congress MP Rajeev Shukla

  #WATCH | Delhi: Congress MPs begin their march from Parliament to Rashtrapati Bhavan to register their protest over inflation and unemployment. Rahul Gandhi also joined the march. pic.twitter.com/f8JfYII2zZ

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:43 AM

  Sonia Gandhi, interim president of the Congress Party and a member of Parliament, leads a demonstration in Parliament against inflation and unemployment.

  #WATCH | Congress interim president & MP Sonia Gandhi leads protest of party MPs against inflation and unemployment, in Parliament pic.twitter.com/ceCIbQ4aLv

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:42 AM

  Inflation has risen beyond the limi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

  #WATCH | Inflation has risen beyond the limit; the government will have to do something about it. This is why we're fighting: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the party holds nationwide protests against inflation and unemployment pic.twitter.com/YQky2PGzfc

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:40 AM

  Rahul Gandhi, a Congress MP, comes to Parliament dressed in black to protest inflation and unemployment.

  #WATCH | Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at the Parliament, wearing black as a mark of protest against inflation and unemployment. pic.twitter.com/m2k4M7BC8k

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:26 AM

  Congress Members of Parliament protest inflation and unemployment by donning black clothes.

  Delhi | Congress MPs in Parliament wear black clothes in protest against inflation and unemployment pic.twitter.com/hktfGvfDqt

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:24 AM

  Workers and politicians from the Congress Party demonstrate in Guwahati, Assam, against inflation and unemployment. A "Raj Bhavan gherao" demonstration has been organised here.

  #WATCH | Congress workers and leaders protest against inflation and unemployment in Guwahati, Assam. They have organised a "Raj Bhavan gherao" protest here. pic.twitter.com/6WroVArQ4S

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:18 AM

  "Hitler had also won elections, he too used to win elections. How did he use to do it? He had control of all of Germany's institutions...Give me the entire system, then I will show you how elections are won," says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

  #WATCH | "Hitler had also won elections, he too used to win elections. How did he use to do it? He had control of all of Germany's institutions...Give me the entire system, then I will show you how elections are won," says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. pic.twitter.com/uynamOL6w5

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:13 AM

  Rahul Gandhi is a 'nakli' Gandhi: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi 

  He (Rahul Gandhi) is not a descendant of Mahatma Gandhi. He is a 'nakli' (fake) Gandhi. And it is a fake ideology: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's remark that Gandhi is not just a family, but a whole ideology pic.twitter.com/8wigs30Hef

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:10 AM

  Congress Party members demonstrate in Delhi in front of the party HQ

  #WATCH | Congress workers protest outside the party HQ in Delhi, as their nationwide protest over unemployment and inflation begins. pic.twitter.com/jgQHQiO2gf

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:06 AM

  In a democracy, protesting should be allowed: Congress leader and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

  In a democracy, protesting should be allowed. Protests by the opposition only help the ruling government. But they (BJP) are interested only in doing politics of Hindu-Muslim: Congress leader and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot pic.twitter.com/NgPPoObxH1

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:04 AM

   Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with cabinet members in Parliament to discuss government strategies.

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a meeting with top ministers in Parliament to discuss the government strategy.
  
  Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Pralhad Joshi, Anurag Singh Thakur among those present in the meeting with PM
  
  (file photo) pic.twitter.com/CFvPkcCtmr

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 11:03 AM

  Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge wears a black kurta and turban in protest against price rise and unemployment

  Delhi | Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge wears a black kurta and turban in protest against price rise and unemployment pic.twitter.com/bWs2AxMweI

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 10:39 AM

   “That’s sole agenda of the government and it is being run to protect the interest of 4-5 people & this dictatorship is being run in the interest of 2-3 big business people by 2 people,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 10:36 AM

  Why do they attack the Gandhi family? They do it because we fight for an ideology & there are crores of people like us. We fight for democracy, for communal harmony and we have been doing this for years. It's not just me who did that, it has been happening for years: Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/PSaaCqs51W

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 10:27 AM

  #WATCH | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "I think the macroeconomic fundamentals that she is talking about is something else. I don't think the Finance Minister has any understanding of what is going on in the economy of India, zero understanding. She is there as a mouthpiece" pic.twitter.com/fSWfwwwmMv

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 10:25 AM

  "Anybody speaking against this govt is viciously attacked, put in jail; people's issues are not being allowed to be raised," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 10:13 AM

  Police officials advise security troops at Vijay Chowk before to the countrywide Congress demonstration against unemployment and inflation.

  Delhi | Police officials brief security personnel at Vijay Chowk, ahead of Congress' nationwide protest over unemployment & inflation
  
  Congress announced that the party MPs will hold "Chalo Rashtrapati Bhavan" from Parliament & senior leaders will participate in "PM House gherao" pic.twitter.com/fn0mebTM6y

  — ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 10:10 AM

  "What India has built brick by brick, starting almost a century ago, is being destroyed in front of your eyes. Anybody who stands against this idea of onset of dictatorship is viciously attacked, jailed, arrested and beaten up," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 10:07 AM

  As part of its countrywide protest against unemployment and inflation, Congress has also stated that CWC members and senior leadership would participate in today's "PM House gherao."

  
• 05 Aug 2022, 09:59 AM

  "We're witnessing the death of democracy. What India has built brick by brick, starting almost a century ago, is being destroyed in front of your eyes. Anybody who stands against this idea of onset of dictatorship is viciously attacked, jailed, arrested & beaten up," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi