Delhi police detains Ashok Gehlot & Congress netas, releases them later

JAIPUR: Several leaders of Rajasthan including chief minister Ashok Gehlot were detained by Delhi police on Monday in connection with Rahul Gandhi being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case. However, he was released shortly.
Gehlot said, “The whole country was watching the dictatorship because of the way the peaceful march of the Congress was stopped today. The Congress headquarters had been cordoned off, police have been deployed all around. Politicians and activists are being detained. I have also been taken into custody along with my associates while going to the ED office.”
He said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi have given the message that they will never compromise on the ideological fight against the BJP-led dispensation, He claimed the “arrogance” with which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been acting will come to an end.
“Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have given a message to the country that we will not compromise, we will fight on the basis of ideology. There is so much pressure on the CBI, Income Tax, ED, DRI, judiciary that even if someone wants to work in an impartial manner, that person cannot do it,” Gehlot told reporters.
“The time has come that every Indian should think about where we want to take the country to. Rahul Gandhi said in London that BJP has poured kerosene all over the country. Now you see what is happening? Riots are happening, riots are being instigated, tensions are rising,” he said, hitting out at the BJP.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah are walking around with ego and arrogance. Arrogance has not worked for anyone till today, it is not going to work for them either, it will end tomorrow, if not today,” said chief minister Gehlot.
Former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot alleged that investigative agencies were being misused by the ruling BJP. “The manner in which 6-7 years-old cases against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were taken up, it is evident that politics of putting pressure on political opponents is being played,” he told reporters.
Their remarks came after Congress leaders took to the streets as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED for questioning in a money laundering case, with the police heavily barricading central Delhi areas and detaining party leaders for violating prohibitory orders.