The Congress today will hold a protest against rising prices, unemployment and GST rate hike. In Delhi, the party leaders will march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Congress leaders have gathered at the party headquarters in Delhi ahead of the nationwide protest.
Congress Working Committee (CWC) members and senior leaders will take part in "PM House gherao" while Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs will hold a "Chalo Rashtrapati Bhavan" from Parliament.
The administration has imposed prohibitory orders banning large gatherings in parts of Delhi ahead of the Congress march.
Here are the highlights on the Congress Protest:
#Delhi | Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka released after being detained for 6 hours over price rise protest https://t.co/65ewNlwsi2 pic.twitter.com/ejSUAlyk9V
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 5, 2022
Delhi | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Party's Gen Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other Congress leaders leave from New Police Lines Kingsway Camp PS
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
Congress leaders were detained by police during a protest against the Central government on price rise and unemployment in Delhi pic.twitter.com/uZvfJMhiIG
Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka released after being detained for 6 hours over price rise protest
Delhi | Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel meets Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and other senior leaders who are detained at New Police Lines Kingsway Camp PS pic.twitter.com/Gn76KMmlsI
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
Rahul Gandhi Detained Amid Massive Congress Protest In Delhi: 10 PointsSeveral Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were detained amid a massive protest outside the party's Delhi headquarters against rising prices, unemployment and GST hike on essential items.
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
Watch: Patriotic Song And Some Poetry On Rahul Gandhi Video, Congress Amplifies Protest Against Price-RiseWith Hindi song "Ae Watan... Humko Teri Kasam" in the background, video shows Rahul Gandhi being taken away in a bus after detention
Chandigarh | Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring along with other leaders & party workers hold a protest against the Central govt over issues of inflation & unemployment pic.twitter.com/ciLxASojgo
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
Stop Blaming Indian Democracy For People's Rejection Of You: BJP To Rahul GandhiHitting back at Rahul Gandhi, the BJP on Friday accused him of "blaming" Indian democracy and its institutions for the Congress' repeated defeat in polls under him and the ongoing ED probe against him in the National Herald case.
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
#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
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
(Source: AICC) pic.twitter.com/PWtH7EC2dI
Why is Congress scared of investigating agencies? What are they hiding? Putting pressure on these agencies is not fair. They're only doing their work. Sonia ji & Rahul ji please don't play such games, the country wants to know the truth that you're hiding: Union Min Anurag Thakur pic.twitter.com/FyF3E3WqoJ
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
Chandigarh | Congress members protest against the Central govt
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
Inflation is rising. Taxes are being imposed. We're apprehensive that we're hurtling towards a Sri Lanka-like crisis. We're staging a dharna to rouse govt from slumber: Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Punjab Cong Chief pic.twitter.com/IIsEHL2aKV
Delhi | Congress MPs including Rahul Gandhi detained at Police Lines Kingsway Camp
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
Congress is holding nationwide protests today on the issues of inflation and unemployment. pic.twitter.com/W26TrJVbv3
पिछले 3 महीनों से, जब से कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष ने कन्याकुमारी से कश्मीर तक भारत जोड़ो यात्रा की घोषणा की है, धमकी-जीवी ने कांग्रेस पार्टी एवं हमारे नेताओं के खिलाफ प्रतिशोध और डर की जहरीली राजनीति तेज कर दी है। यह सिर्फ संयोग नहीं है।
- Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 5, 2022
#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
#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.
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
The party called a nationwide protest today. pic.twitter.com/JTnWrrAT9T
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2pm, while the Rajya Sabha will resume proceedings at 2.30. Earlier today, Congress leaders wore black to the parliament to protest against rising prices, unemployment and hike in GST rates.
Democracy is a memory. pic.twitter.com/CnobQwSm44
- Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 5, 2022
Rahul Gandhi Leads Congress's 'In Black' Protest In DelhiWatch: Rahul Gandhi Leads Congress's 'In Black' Protest In Delhi
Fresh Trouble For National Herald In BJP-Ruled Madhya PradeshThe Madhya Pradesh government will launch an investigation to check whether assets in the state owned by the newspaper National Herald, linked to the Gandhis, are being used for commercial purposes or the land use was changed, a minister has said.
Telangana | Congress workers and leaders protest in Hyderabad over inflation and unemployment. pic.twitter.com/ve4BUb8ZQP
- ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2022
"Rahul Gandhi must stop insulting India's institutions like Election Commission, judiciary": Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad), BJP leader pic.twitter.com/QiYTcM23hJ
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 5, 2022
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
#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
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
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- Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) August 5, 2022
- What we are witnessing is the death of democracy.
- Any party that stands against the dictatorship
- Sole agenda of government: Neglect people's issues
- Government doesn't want people's issues raised
गरीबों का जीवन बर्बाद करने वाले 'गब्बर सिंह टैक्स' के लिए तो सिर्फ एक ही बात निकलती है..
- Congress (@INCIndia) August 5, 2022
GST हाय.. हाय.. हाय#महंगाई_पर_हल्ला_बोल pic.twitter.com/0NeSQZvHNa
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- NDTV (@ndtv) August 5, 2022
The Congress today will hold a protest against rising prices, unemployment and GST rate hike. In Delhi, the party leaders will march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Congress leaders have gathered at the party headquarters in Delhi ahead of the nationwide protest.
