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Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Detained After Delhi Protest Sit-In
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and other leaders were travelling to a protest at Jantar Mantar.
Police stopped their buses before they reached the protest site.
The leaders then sat down at a nearby roundabout to protest.
Priyanka Gandhi and other women leaders lay on the road, and she held a copy of the Constitution.
Police carried Rahul Gandhi to a bus and took him away.
Women police officers removed Priyanka Gandhi and the other women and put them on buses.
Several other opposition MPs were also detained.
One headline says the siblings were detained twice in 24 hours, but the reports describe only one incident in detail.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were forcibly removed and detained by police during a sit-in in central Delhi.
They and other opposition leaders had been heading by bus to a protest at Jantar Mantar.
After police stopped their buses, the leaders staged their sit-in at a roundabout near the Shangri-La hotel.
Priyanka Gandhi and other women leaders lay on the road; she carried a copy of the Constitution.
Several other opposition MPs were also detained; the reports' headlines differ on whether the siblings were detained once or twice within 24 hours.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and other opposition leaders and MPs.
- What
- Police forcibly removed and detained them during a sit-in.
- Where
- At a roundabout near the Shangri-La hotel in central Delhi, while the leaders were travelling toward Jantar Mantar.
- When
- Wednesday; no date is given.
- Why
- The reports do not state the underlying reason for the protest.
Key facts
- People detained
- Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and several other opposition MPs.
- Protest destination
- Jantar Mantar.
- Sit-in location
- A roundabout near the Shangri-La hotel in central Delhi.
- Route
- The leaders were travelling in buses when police stopped them from proceeding further.
- Protest action
- Priyanka Gandhi and other women leaders lay on the road; she carried a copy of the Constitution.
- Detention count
- One headline says the siblings were detained twice in 24 hours, while the reports' detailed accounts describe one episode.
Sources
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