Nagpur, 22 July

(HS): Congress workers staged agitation on Wednesday in Nagpur protesting detention

of the party leader Rahul Gandhi by Delhi Police.

Their attempt to

march towards Raj Bhavan was aborted by the police.

Police detained

Congress leaders including Ex-MLA Sunil kedar and others. Nagpur City and Rural

unit workers participated in the agitation. They raised slogans and alleged

Rahul Gandhi’s arrest was an attack on democracy.

City Unit President

Prafulla Gudadhe Patil, Rural Unit President Ashvin Bais, Avantika Lekurwale,

Kunda Raut, Vaishnavi Bharadwaj and others participated in large numbers.

Similar

agitation were staged in Pune, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mumbai and other

regions of Maharashtra.

Prominent party leaders

including State Unit President Harshavardhan Sapkal, MLA Vijay Wadettiwar,

Nasim Khan participated.

Sapkal staged

sit-in agitation on road with the Constitution in one hand and a Rose flower in

the other.

Police detained the

leaders after they did not budge to the request by the police authorities.

They raised

slogans against BJP-led government and announced to continue with the protest

until the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar