Rahul Gandhi, the head of the Congress, changed his Twitter profile from “Member of Parliament” to “Dis’Qualified MP” after being found ineligible to serve in the legislature.
Rahul Gandhi’s bio now reads, “This is the official account of Rahul Gandhi | Member of the Indian National Congress | Dis’qualified MP.”
After Rahul Gandhi’s exclusion from the Lok Sabha, the Congress started a day-long “Sankalp Satyagraha” in support of him on Sunday at Delhi’s Rajghat. Senior leaders KC Venugopal, P Chidambaram, Salman Khurshid, and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were among the top Congress officials who participated in the satyagraha at Rajghat.
At the protest location were also Jairam Ramesh, Mukul Wasnik, Pawan Kumar Bansal, Saktisinh Gohil, Jothimani, Pratibha Singh, and Manish Chatrath. Several party officials from Delhi joined the demonstration, and despite the police’s refusal to allow the satyagraha, a sizable crowd of supporters gathered outside the location.
According to a letter from the Delhi Police, prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC had been put in place in and around Rajghat, and the request to conduct the satyagraha was denied for concerns of law & order and traffic. When permission to organise the satyagraha was refused, a senior police official informed PTI that suitable security measures had been taken.
“After suppressing our voice in Parliament, the government has refused to allow us conduct a peaceful satyagraha at Bapu’s (Mahatma Gandhi) samadhi,” Venugopal said in reaction to the Delhi Police’s move on Twitter.
The Modi administration now routinely forbids any opposition demonstrations. This won’t stop us; we’ll keep fighting for the truth and against tyranny.
