At least two BJP MPs, including Bansuri Swaraj, were detained by Delhi Police personnel during a protest march to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s residence, a day after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill failed in the Lok Sabha.
A video clip published by news agency ANI showed that Union Minister Raksha Khadse and BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj were arrested during the protest by Delhi Police personnel.
According to a PTI report, BJP MPs Hema Malini, Kamaljit Sehrawat, Bansuri Swaraj, Manju Sharma and Vatsalya Gupta also participated in the protest.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, BJP state president Virendra Sachdeva, MP Manoj Tiwari and women cadres of the party also joined the protest.
Pictures shared from the protest site showed women leaders of the BJP burning an effigy of Rahul Gandhi during the protest march. Police had to deploy water cannons to disperse women BJP workers who were protesting near Gandhi’s residence.
Police deployed water cannons to disperse women BJP workers, who protested near Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi’s residence, a day after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill failed in the Lok Sabha.
However, Rahul Gandhi was not present at his residence at the time of the protest. The Congress leader was attending an election rally in Tamil Nadu.
The protest comes a day after the Constitution Amendment Bill, which was part of the delimitation package, failed to vacate the Lok Sabha amid a united opposition front.
