Delhi Police at Rahul’s Residence over Kashmir Speech; Leader Clarifies London Remarks in Parl Panel Meet

The Delhi police on Sunday arrived at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s residence in connection along with his speech in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir.

A discover had been served to him earlier by the Delhi police looking for particulars of the victims who had allegedly met him and spoken about harassment they confronted in the state. Heavy safety has been deployed outdoors his residence, as per reviews.

“We reached out to him on March 15 however he didn’t meet,” mentioned Sagar Preet Hooda, Special CP (Law & Order), Delhi Police. “We reached out subsequent day as properly…discover was given to him,” he mentioned. “We are right here to take all the small print of the victims…if the sufferer is from Delhi, then the investigation could be carried out in tempo.”

The Congress on March 16 had posted in regards to the Delhi police’s go to on Twitter. “45-days after Bharat Jodo Yatra was accomplished, Delhi Police has, through a discover, sought particulars of girls who met him & spoke about harassment & violence they might have confronted,” the social gathering mentioned.

“We will reply to the discover in due course in accordance with legislation,” the social gathering additional mentioned on Twitter. “This discover is one more proof of a govt in panic and their newest salvo to weaken democracy, girls empowerment, freedom of expression and position of the opposition.”

Rahul Clarifies UK Speech Remarks

Meanwhile the Congress chief on Saturday reportedly sought to make clear remarks made by him throughout a speech in the UK at a parliamentary consultative committee assembly, amid flak from the BJP that his remarks insulted the nation.

At the parliamentary consultative committee meet on India’s G20 presidency, chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Gandhi clarified his remarks made throughout his go to to London and mentioned he didn’t ask some other nation to intervene, as per an India Today report.

The Congress MP mentioned that he solely raised questions on India’s democracy and that he not ask any nation to intervene. He additionally advised leaders current at the meet that he believes that is an inner matter and they’re going to clear up it, as per the report.

Gandhi didn’t communicate in the opening spherical and responded after an MP raised the problem of political leaders attempting to attain ‘brownie factors’ by speaking about Indian democracy on overseas land, as per NDTV. 

Gandhi’s response led to a heated argument between him and the BJP MPs current who mentioned that this was not the applicable platform to talk on this matter.

Meanwhile, opposition MPs supported Gandhi’s proper to make clear given the reference to his remarks made in London. Moreover, some BJP MPs, with out taking any names, mentioned that emergency was the most important blot on India’s democracy and a few individuals are attempting to divert the eye from India’s G20 presidency, NDTV reported, citing sources.

Jaishankar reportedly intervened amid the heated argument and requested the leaders to order the dialogue for the parliament and solely communicate with reference to the committee.

The consultative committee assembly was additionally attended by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha, and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Priyanka Chaturvedi. BJP MPs GVL Narasimha Rao, Dt Rajdeep Roy, Mahesh Jethmalani and Anil Firojia have been additionally current, as per India Today. 

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