Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi Detained After Sit-In Near Jantar Mantar
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other leaders were travelling by bus to a protest at Jantar Mantar.
Police stopped their buses before they reached the protest site.
The leaders sat down at a nearby roundabout instead.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra lay on the road with other women leaders and held a copy of the Constitution.
Police carried Rahul Gandhi to a bus.
Women police officers removed Priyanka and the other women and put them on buses.
Other opposition MPs were also detained.
One report says the siblings were still protesting after being pushed into buses, while other accounts say they were taken away.
A headline claims they were detained twice in 24 hours, but the articles do not describe another incident.
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other opposition leaders staged a sit-in at a roundabout near the Shangri-La hotel in central Delhi.
Police had stopped their buses as they travelled toward a protest at Jantar Mantar.
Police carried Rahul Gandhi to a bus, while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other women protesters were removed from the road and taken away in buses.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was carrying a copy of the Constitution; some Congress leaders climbed onto or sat on the bus carrying Rahul Gandhi.
One report's headline says the siblings were detained twice in 24 hours, but the articles describe only this incident; one account also says they remained at the protest site after being pushed into buses.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other opposition leaders and MPs.
- What
- Police forcibly removed and detained protesters during a sit-in.
- When
- Wednesday; the articles do not provide a date.
- Where
- A roundabout near the Shangri-La hotel in central Delhi, while the group was travelling toward Jantar Mantar.
- Why
- The articles do not specify the reason for the protest.
- Planned destination
- Jantar Mantar
- Sit-in location
- A roundabout near the Shangri-La hotel in central Delhi
- Police action
- Protesters were forcibly removed and put into buses
- Rahul Gandhi
- Police carried him to a bus
- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
- She lay on the road with other women leaders and carried a copy of the Constitution
- Other protesters
- Several other opposition MPs were also reported detained
- Conflicting accounts
- One report says the siblings remained in the area protesting after being pushed into buses; other accounts say they were taken away
- Detention claim
- A headline says they were detained twice in 24 hours, but the articles describe only this protest incident
