Two Congress leaders died due to "police action" during protests in Guwahati and Lucknow on Wednesday, the party has claimed.
Police in both cities, however, said the deaths did not occur because of their actions and no injury marks were found on the two leaders' bodies. The exact reason for the deaths, they added, will be clear after the post-mortem is conducted.
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition In Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi condemned the deaths, saying "democracy and Constitution have been murdered again in BJP-ruled Assam and Uttar Pradesh".