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:
Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka released after being detained for 6 hours over price rise protest
Several 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.
With Hindi song "Ae Watan... Humko Teri Kasam" in the background, video shows Rahul Gandhi being taken away in a bus after detention
Hitting 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.
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.
Watch: Rahul Gandhi Leads Congress's 'In Black' Protest In Delhi
The 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.
- 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
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.