Anti-CAA protests: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stopped outside Meerut
Meerut/IBNS: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were on Tuesday stopped outside Meerut while they were on their way to meet families of the victims of the violent anti- Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in Uttar Pradesh.
The police had stopped though there were only three people together, Congress claimed.
Shri @RahulGandhi & AICC GS Smt. @priyankagandhi were stopped outside Meerut by the Police. They offered to travel in a group of 3 people, however, they were still stopped. They were on the way to meet families of victims of the violent anti-CAA protests in UP. #हतà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤°à¥€_à¤à¤¾à¤œà¤ªà¤¾ pic.twitter.com/3i2R5uoMhs
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 24, 2019
Sitting inside his car, Rahul said, "We asked the police if they have any order, they didn't show us any order but they told us to go back."
The Congress leaders visited Uttar Pradesh days after the state witnessed violence in the name of protests against the CAA which will grant citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi but not Muslim refugees who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan before 2015.
We asked the police if they have any order, they didn't show us any order but they told us to go back: Shri @RahulGandhi #हतà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤°à¥€_à¤à¤¾à¤œà¤ªà¤¾ pic.twitter.com/y9rjQikFDz
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 24, 2019
The top brass of Congress on Monday sat on a dharna in New Delhi protesting against the CAA.
Earlier, a delegation of the Trinamool Congress had tried to visit Uttar Pradesh but they were not allowed to enter the state.
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