National Herald case: Police arrests Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Harish Rawat, Surjewala, for protesting against ED
Among those taken away were Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Congress leaders Harish Rawat and Jairam Ramesh, and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal.
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New Delhi, June 13: Several senior Congress leaders, including Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, were taken away in police buses on Monday after they marched from Akbar Road to the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi ahead of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s appearance before the central agency for questioning in a money laundering case.
Among those taken away were Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Congress leaders Harish Rawat and Jairam Ramesh, and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal. Congress leader P Chidambaram was also among the protesters near ED office, but he later left in a car. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel too was present close to barricades near the office.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also met with the party leaders who were detained by Delhi Police and kept at Tughlak Road police station.
Rahul Gandhi on Monday, appeared before the ED in connection with a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper. MLAs and MPs from various states converged in Delhi for the march from AICC headquarters to the ED office.
The march began from AICC headquarters on Akbar Road. Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi accompanied the workers till a barricade on Motilal Nehru Marg from where they left for the ED office in a car.
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Protesters marched ahead to the ED office on Janpath Road, where they encountered another set of police barricades near the office. Amid heavy deployment of the Delhi Police, CRPF and the Rapid Action Force, the agitators were taken away in police buses after they sat down in protest before the barricades for some time.