Congress Plans Nationwide Protests over FIR Against Rahul Gandhi
Congress will hold protest marches nationwide and seek action against BJP workers, saying the FIR against Rahul Gandhi shields caste discrimination.
- On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee leaders, led by UT president Tariq Hameed Karra, held a protest rally in Jammu against the FIR filed against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi by the Uttarakhand government.
- Uttarakhand's HaldwCity Kotwali Police registered the FIR following a complaint by 26-year-old Amit Kumar, a Valmiki community member, who alleged Gandhi's remarks about a "purification ritual" in Haldwani hurt community sentiments.
- Alleging the government weaponizes state machinery to target critics, JKPCC chief Karra noted Gandhi remains unfazed, citing 36 existing FIRs already registered against him. Congress leaders demanded the FIR be withdrawn.
- Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain announced nationwide protest marches and demanded a counter-FIR against BJP workers allegedly responsible for the "casteist purification ritual" in Haldwani, Uttarakhand.
- Authorities invoked the Scheduled Caste Act, 1989 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 in the case. Hussain accused the RSS of promoting "untouchability and caste discrimination," deepening political tensions.
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Congress stages protests across states over fir against Rahul
Congress units across several states held demonstrations on Monday over the Uttarakhand Police’s first information report (FIR) against Leader of the Opposition and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi, escalating teh political battle over a controversial purification ceremony held in Haldwani after a public rally addressed by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, who comes from the Dalit community
Congress plans nationwide protests over FIR against Rahul Gandhi
Congress will organize state-level protest marches nationwide against Rahul Gandhi's FIR. They are demanding an FIR against BJP workers for a casteist ritual. The party opposes the BJP's anti-Dalit and anti-constitutional agenda. An FIR was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. This action follows remarks about a purification ritual which allegedly hurt community sentiments.
Congress protests registration of FIR against Rahul Gandhi
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) leaders and workers led by UT president Tariq Hameed Karra on Monday took out a protest rally in Jammu city against the registration of an FIR against the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi by the Uttarakhand government. Congress leaders alleged that the FIR was registered against Gandhi for his opposition to the Haldwani incident. Similar protest rallies were organised at district levels…
Congress workers slam FIR against Rahul over ‘purification’ ritual remarks - The Tribune
Congress workers staged a protest at Dr BR Ambedkar Park in Guru Hargobind Nagar, Phagwara, on Sunday in response to the FIR registered by Uttarakhand Police against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The protest was organised on the directions of the Congress high command and was led by District Congress Committee president and Phagwara MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal.
In Uttarakhand, the Congress party will march to the secretariat on Tuesday over the FIR against Rahul Gandhi. Congress leaders protested the FIR, accusing the BJP of anti-Dalit thinking and political pressure, while Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami hit back at Rahul Gandhi over the issue of caste and discrimination.
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