Rahul Gandhi Detained by Police During Hunger Strike Over Meeting with Election Commissioner

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi sat on a fast in the premises of All India Radio building on Tuesday demanding to meet the Chief Election Commissioner. However, the police detained Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi along with other Congress leaders and supporters. After this, Ashutosh Ranka, the co-convener of the Cockroach Party, attacked the government and the ruling party at the center. Ashutosh Ranka said that why the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is being stopped from meeting the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. Is the Election Commission not an independent body? Ranka also shared a video of the leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders sitting under a tree in the premises of All India Radio building. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were detained by the police after about eight hours from the dharna site, All India Radio building complex. The MPs of the constituent parties of the opposition India alliance took out a march from Parliament Street to the Election Commission headquarters during the day. However, the police stopped them midway and why Rahul Gandhi was taken into custody from the All India Radio office and Priyanka Gandhi was stopped from reaching the Election Commission building.