Sonia Gandhi has been summoned again tomorrow for Round 3 of questioning.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was questioned for six hours today by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case connected to the National Herald newspaper. She has been summoned again tomorrow for Round 3 of questioning. Meanwhile, her son and former party chief Rahul Gandhi was detained today during a protest against her questioning. He was released later in the day.
Here are the LIVE Updates on Congress Protest:
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate tomorrow for the third round of questioning.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's second round of questioning ended. She left the Enforcement Directorate's office after six hours of questioning today.
"Will Never Be Able To Break Our Spirits": Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained by the police after he, along with other Congress MPs sat on a protest at Vijay Chowk in their march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Rahul Gandhi tweeted that "Even though I'm in custody and even though it is a crime to raise the voice of the people, it will never be able to break our spirits."
Congress president Sonia Gandhi left the Enforcement Directorate's office after three hours of questioning. She will be back at the ED office at around 3 Pm.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been to taken to Kingsway Camp police station along with other Congress MPs after they sat on a protest on road at Vijay Chowk.
All Congress MPs were stopped at Vijay Chowk and prevented from marching to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
"Demanded Discussion In Parliament On Inflation, Unemployment": Congress MP
Congress MP Deepender Hooda said, "We had demanded that there be discussion in Parliament on inflation, unemployment, Agnipath & misuse of agencies. Govt rejected it. We said we'll protest at Rajghat on this, but weren't permitted. We said that we'll give memorandum to President. They didn't permit."
"We Are Protesting As Per Instruction By Police": Mallikarjun Kharge
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said, "We're protesting as per the instruction of the police. All of this is a conspiracy by PM Modi and Amit Shah to completely destroy the opposition and muzzle our voices. We won't be scared, our fight will continue."
Rahul Gandhi Detained After Congress Protest
Rahul Gandhi, surrounded by policemen, sat on a road, as he protested against the government over a range of issues from price rise to GST.
Rahul Gandhi was detained by the policemen who lifted him and put him in the bus along with other MPs who had already been detained.